Florida's coaching staff can't be pleased with recent comment from former Gator Chauncey Gardner-Johnson
Chauncey Gardner-Johnson just fired off a comment that’s likely going to be used against Florida on the recruiting trail.
Whether he meant to provide Florida’s rivals with ammunition or not, that’s likely going to be the result of Gardner-Johnson’s Friday comment, which can be seen below.
It’s not clear exactly what brought on this comment from Gardner-Johnson or which, if any, Florida coaches this is specifically directed at but Dan Mullen did make comments suggesting that none of his undergraduate players were ready for the NFL near the end of the 2018 season.
“I don’t know if we have a lot of pro guys on our team right now, to be honest with you,” Mullen said during November of Gardner-Johnson’s junior season. “That might be shocking to some people, and especially to guys in the locker room, because the NFL is a different animal. I know everybody just assumes, ‘Oh, well I play at Florida, so I’m going to the NFL.’ That’s certainly not the case. That certainly has not anything to do with it.”
Following his junior season, Gardner-Johnson declared early for the 2019 NFL Draft after racking up 161 tackles, 12 pass breakups, nine interceptions, three pick-sixes, and four sacks in three years on the field for the Gators.
The New Orlean Saints drafted Gardner-Johnson in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. During his rookie season in the NFL, he made 16 appearances, with seven starts, and registered 49 tackles, with eight pass breakups and one interception.
Regardless of the intent of this post, you can be sure SEC rivals attempting to recruit against Mullen’s program will be quick to pass this message on to recruits.
Holy Mullethead, not bad enough that us Leghumpers like to remind GatorbaitorNation what their Spurrier wannabe coach says as we smack their elite coach 3 years in a row, now his own elite former players taking shots at his stupid comments…when will the misery ever end…lol
It is always funny to see UGA and UF fans argue as to who is the best on the weakest side of the conference.
2019 was a magical year for LSU.
Enjoy the 2019 season for as long as you can.
LSU has the 2nd most national championships in the country for the 21st century. The SECw has three teams that have won a NC this century, SECe has one. Enjoy the 1980 season for as long as you can.
Wow dude, you sound like one turd fans.
Have you ever tried any of the penis enlargement pills or exercises? I’m sure there is something out there that will help you.
I wonder if they are going to get 30 years of mileage out of their historic National Championship? You need a broom so you can sweep your own 30 year old doorstep. How many National or SEC champions have come from the East the 10 years?
And yet the crypto dynamic SEC West struggles head to head every year and even more so recently against that weak pathetic East…go figure…
Weak side???…with Arkansas, Miss, Miss State!!! don’t make me laugh, as State hasn’t had or done anything since they got popped for cheating…you have Bama, LSU, and Auburn, and nothing else in the SEC west. 3 teams that matter in the west, and aTm isn’t even close to being an elite team…..doesn’t make the SEC west look that strong when you look at individual schools
The SECw is 14-6 vs SECe in the championship game this century, 9-1 last decade.
Not to mention the 9 national titles over the past 17 years.
With those teams you have mentioned position as an albatross for the west, it is still the better of the two conferences. What does South Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, and Vanderbilt being in the SECEast mean? It means that the East is very weak. Over the last 12 years, the West has won 11 out of 12 SEC Championships. Ow what does that say about dominance?
If you were going to interject that the top team in the West has been stronger than the stronger team of the East, I would have to agree BostonTrunksnorter, as far as being the stronger conference top to bottom the recent data supports the winds of change are coming as the head to head has changed dramatically the last 2 years…
2018 East 9-5
2019 East West tie 7-7
With multiple new coaches in the West this year, I see this new trend continuing as overall the East continues to improve, I will concede until Saban retires it’s gonna be a huge mountain to hurdle to take over the top spot…but in the immortal words of my GatobaitorU compadres I say the gap is closing!
Pretty sure you’re referring to Ole Miss not MSU that hasn’t done anything since cheating.MSU has been to 10 straight bowl games.
OM hasn’t been to a bowl in years
The CCG counts, so last year was 8-7 in favor of the West.
Argue? It’s not even an argument. Teams like Florida and Tennessee being as sorry as they are is what makes the East the weaker division. Maybe one day they’ll get their dumpster fires put out. Until then, all we can do is continue to curb stomp ‘em.
It will not happen this year if there is a season.
GA DAWGS
Most talented teams ever that never win big games.
1980
You know @Vol1, while 1980 was a long time ago, I enlisted in 1998. I am retired now. Glass houses and all.
There you have it, SEC sports fans; a UGA fan bragging about regular season wins. Treat him nice, he’s got his limitations.
TENNESSEE is coming
You’re a 9win team right now. Pipe down.
Almost as funny as LSU fans playing up beating Bama for the first time in 9 tries.
What LSU fans are playing that up? I haven’t seen that written here much at all. LSU won the NC. That’s way bigger than any regular season win could ever be.
Except the part, … you know, … the facts. He is correct.
Another day, another week, another dumpster fire at the I-75 Truck Stop
Oh yeah, mullet is the best coach in the nation, a natty just waiting to happen.
Kinda pot-kettle coming from a 1980 National Champion. Just saying. And Florida’s had how many since then?
Gayturds always make me laugh with the “relevance” and “40 years” talk hahaha…..they can’t stand they they are back being OWNED by UGA! If u wanna talk all-time, we can do that, but it won’t end well for the little gayturds. UGA has the same amount of SEC championships as Tn, trailing only Bammer. And if UGA counted national championships like Bammer and UT, they’d have 6 and the gayturds 5, so be glad they don’t count some of theirs!!
Yet they still have zero since 1980…
Chauncey Gardner-Johnson
is he the turd that was running his mouth about UGA, then Sony Michele ran over him like he was a paraplegic cheerleader, knocked him out of the game?
or was that another turd whose mouth was writing checks his butt couldn’t cover?
TDOW- That WAS Gardner-Johnson hating on Fromm and his slant passes.. I’ll never forget that because Swift beat a LB, caught a pass, and immediately flattened CGJ en route to a nice gain. What kind of pass you ask? Oh yea, it was the RB equivalent of a SLANT… lol I died in the stands that day.
And not one comment from a Gator. My how the obsession continues. Since no Gators are paying to the morons i’ll weigh-in on the article (written by a Cocky-top graduate). You all seem to believe that Gardner didn’t play so well (after running his mouth) against the dark force of Athens. Isn’t that what the article is about ??? Players not being ready to join the pro’s? So what your saying is you agree with the article and what Mullen said, yes? Humpy, see what i did there?
“Paying attention” is what i meant to say. Hopefully the UGA degree allowed you to figure out what i meant.
“And not one comment from a Gator”
no duh, other than admitting your program is a sh*t show what else could you say?
His trash talk in 2017 for which he paid in full isn’t really relevant to his NFL success, but it’s pretty danged relevant to this grammatically mystifying tweet.
Close, but sorry, Naw G8rWhip.. I agree with what Swift’s doormat said…but while we are on the subject what the hail does “that certainly HAS…NOT ANYTHING to do with it” actually mean? If you’re gonna say smartasserry things at least make them sound…what’s the word I’m looking for…not so Mullet goobery…
Keep it above board, my friend. Making fun of paraplegics isn’t kind. Anywhere or anytime.
Ah, talking season. Well, what could we say?
How about, Georgia fans, let us know when you accomplish something other than winning the Rose Bowl or an SEC Championship game against Auburn. Or talking, talking, talking about your recruiting classes… which never seem to get the job done when it matters most.
With three national championships, three Heisman winners, and a lot more wins than losses over Jawja since the last time Jawja mattered 40 years ago, Florida will be just fine.
As for Gardner-Johnson, he likely doesn’t get drafted unless Mullen gets hired and he gets moved from safety to nickel. A safety that doesn’t like to tackle ain’t gettin’ drafted. Mullen did nothing but praise his effort for playing in the bowl game instead of sitting out. It’s possible one of the defensive coaches may have given NFL scouts an honest assessment of his reluctance to tackle. But here’s how CGJ felt during and at the end of his last season:
“Once we go in that weight room, it’s all lit. Everybody is ready to work. IT’S NOT LIKE LAST YEAR when everybody was like, ‘all right, we got to get this done.'”
–Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, 2018
“It’s been a ride. “Last year was the most painful for us, not just for me. It hurt. This year was nothing but joy.”
–Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, 2018
Reading between the lines, it sounds like CGJ wants to get his degree now but may have slacked off in his last semester and created transcript problems for himself. (“I don’ need this; I’m goin’ to the league!”) And now he’s dealing with academic realities.
the butthurt is strong in this one
And you 3-4 “Morons of Athens” just keep proving the point. Herschel ain’t coming back, and thats the last time you got any attention. Talk about butt-hurt, your the “All-time” and reigning Champions of butt-hurt. The more you spout off the more it’s recognized
That’s intelligent.
Since the we mattered BUT only in the last 40 years… I do so love Revisionist History Nash, tell me more! Have you guys caught up with Ga Tech yet in all time wins? At least you guys finally passed those vaunted Pitt and North Dakota State dynasties, congrats…
The mere fact that you are spending your time on a Florida article says more than I could ever say.
What can I say, I love Romantic Comedy!
Did you see the one about the top receiver in Florida committing to TrunksnorterU? They say he’s a hail of a wall leaper…
Notice too leghumper that 2/3s of Bama’s current 4 star recruits come from Florida. They can’t get out of there fast enough!
I did see that…I’m just glad our coaching staff is Smart enuff to not waste time building a wall around our state, spend that energy going hard after a few key cogs in the wall seems more feasible
I’m not certain where the anger is coming from here. According to the article, Coach Mullen said “I don’t know if we have a lot of pro guys on our team right now, to be honest with you.” “A lot” is hardly “none” but I would have agreed with him. This sounds like the writer is creating a story where none really exists – aside from bringing out the all-stars of hateful comments.
Obviously it did exist enough for your boy Chauncey to fire back and create the story…
That particular comment is probably not what he’s referring to. That’s just speculation. There may have been some communication between NFL scouts and defensive coaches.
This is the same guy who guaranteed they’d win against UK in 2018 lol
I definitely think that Florida has a culture problem right now
Disagree. We have lived through a culture problem and this isn’t it.
I’m sorry, I like Gardner-Johnson, but this screams immaturity and sour grapes to me. Good mentors are the ones that will be brutally honest with you; the boss that will tell you you’re not ready for a promotion due to X, a professor that says you need to take Y and Z classes to really be prepared for his advance materials, etc, etc. Its how you grow as a person. If I were an athlete with hopes of making it in the next level, I’d want coaches to be brutally honest with me. It could be the difference between going round 1 or 2, and going 4 to 6.
And Mullen’s comment also need a little context. He’s said often that the money difference between the first two rounds and the remaining rounds is tremendous, and athletes may often benefit from another year of work before attempting the draft. Put that into the same quote as above, and Mullen was correct. Gardner-Johnson didn’t go highly in the draft, and wound up losing a ton of money. Would he have gone higher had he stayed a year?
Could he have gone higher with another year? Hard to say but I would have to guess … and it’s just a guess … that Gardner-Johnson is rethinking this right now. Yes, he got drafted, but a 4th round pick not only loses money but they might be the first to go when the time to cut happens. At least Mullen was honest. Just because you go to Fl, or any other school, doesn’t mean you’re automagically destined for the the NFL and a Pro-Bowl. I don’t know about Gardner-Johnson but I prefer not to have a bunch of sunshine blown up my butt and if I need to improve I want to know about it. No matter how far down my ego deflates.
‘Oh, well I play at Florida, so I’m going to the NFL.’ That’s certainly not the case. That certainly has not anything to do with it.” Well said Coach, something we can all agree on.
“Coaches told NFL scouts that I had temperament issues. I’m going to go on social media, bash them, and turn down a UF degree to prove them wrong”
Georgia is the epitome of mediocrity. Leghumper has some moments of common sense but for the most part the constant infatuation with the Gators is self evident.
They thought agent Smart was their savior, hilariously, still do, only to fail to see the regression he’s steadily making.
These morons are obsessing over 18 year old kids changing their minds while 30-50 year old coaches are leaving the mediocrity that is the dog pile of excrement. Agent smart is still living off of Alabama. He took his recruits when he first went to uga. Next year’s heisman candidate fled Athens by the way. Great program, your starter at qb is a Wake Forest transfer next year. But no, you are here focused on the Gators.
All you have is the jealousy of the Gators. Every program has its ups and downs. My question is when are you going to see the upside? Man it’s been 40 freaking years! Yet, here’s the same usual suspects with the exact same ideas and thoughts.
Georgia fans have been delusional for quite sometime. The difference between Gator Nation and the doggie pile is that we measure success on national titles in football,baseball, and basketball and were used to winning championships in all three. Jawga fans are flying the “we’re number 2 in recruiting flag.” Agent Smart will buckle again with all the 5 stars and act like a crybaby on the sidelines. The puppy faithful will blame this coach and that coach and replace every coordinator until (recurring theme) the inevitable happens. Your AD fires the HC and, (drum roll) he’s a good man but couldn’t win the big games. News flash puppies! It’s been 40 freaking years since you’ve won the game that everyone remembers. So keep up your infatuation with the most dominant program in the SEC East’s history. Congrats recruiting champs in football you’ve hit the big time. Enjoy it, savor it, you know and everybody on here knows the truth of your reality. Uga is the Buffalo Bills of college football. My apologies to the Bills fans.
Yes, what he said…..
Newsflash MarshG8r…If jealousy means another Kirby spanking of Mullet by the St. John’s every year I’ll take it..
Newsflash MarshG8r…if jealousy means we get to continue to watch that goofy dumpster fire of a12 year veteran HC win nothing but say really stupid things to keep us Leghumpers engaged, I’ll take it…
Newsflash MarshG8r, If jealousy means we get to watch your 12 year veteran clown of coach who you guys believe is the second coming of SOS continue to mouth off as he wins zero conferences and zero divisions, I’ll take it…
Newsflash MarshG8r, if jealousy means being intrigued by an elite top shelf coach who mouths off about lying to recruits only to have almost 40 decommits, some before AND some after they arrive on campus, in 3 plus short years, I’ll take it…
But all ribbing aside, why do you suppose NON-Leghumper elite football experts like ESPN, 247, Rivals and others continue to slot your stupendous 12th year coach 4 slots below our underachieving 4th year coach on the best coaches list? Can’t you see why we’re so enamored? Like I told Nash, we Leghumpers just love to read fictional romantic comedies and your thread is chocked full of them…how’s that Brewster wall coming btw?
Oh snap what happened to Newsflash number 5?
Newsflash MarshG8r…If jealousy means another watching Mullet with his goofy grin running up and down the sidelines by the St. John’s every year burning timeouts as his OC runs out to the equipment van to get matching wristbands, I’ll take it…(:
40 freaking years!! News flash, you know I’m right. Explain it away somehow and still facts don’t lie.
No explanation required but I sure wish you would get original on me and come up with something new, like perhaps 490 games or something like that…and next time a simple thank you would suffice for us being the only SEC East team to win the conference in the last decade, snapping a losing streak that you clowns helped extend to 8 in a row…you’re welcome for Kirby making the SEC East relevant again…
Epitome of mediocrity??? LOL, ok…
Let me guess, Florida’s ordained spot is on top of the East and it’s a foregone conclusion that Mullen will start winning NCs soon? Good thing us dumb puppies have Florida fans and their objective opinions to set us straight. The arrogance is astounding.
Facts don’t lie.
TENNESSEE will be waiting in Knoxville,be there.
Ok, I’ll bite. What facts?
Not a very endearing comment to make publicly. But not sure Mullen was wrong. For Gardner that may burn a bridge or two that he wishes he could cross later. Doubttthat will be the reason a recruit won’t sign there. So many UGA posters are just absolutely consumed with everything Florida and it is a bit pathetic.
Why would he care if the bridge is torched? And take the GatorbaitorU consumption as the compliment it is, we actually like Pruitt…
Just a little over the top for me. Maybe because we experienced so much during jones end, the coach search debacle, the early losses last season… it gets old.
Seems like Jones had a cases of Diarrhea of the Mouth. Not very classy to throw insults at the school that signed you and gave you an opportunity to go the the NFL.
Yeah it gets humorously heated at times but deep down we know they love the red n black…every team has had their dumpster fire years and every team will have them again. I believe you guys finally have the right person to extinguish the flames. I mean let’s face it, Kirby almost lost to Nichols St his first year…made for a oh sh ht here we go again moment for sure, but it appears to be working out nicely now…Pruitt rocks
Leghumper I’ve taken a while off from SDS since nothing of any substance is happening right now in college ball. Log on to find your still spilling the same moronic drivel
You were several months ago when your puppies once again underachieved. I’m amazed that you have this kind of longevity. Have you stopped to compare Richt vs. Smart at this point in their coaching careers at UGA? Remarkably similar. I’ll give Not So Smart one more season and after they lose 3 conference games this season you will crawl back in your hole until your next hire trying to achieve what every school in the surrounding states seem to be able to accomplish since 1980. Such a loser!
I can see the break left you no more intelligent than before, lol. Howdy Saltg8r, haven’t heard much from you since November 1, 2019…I hope you and the rest of the family in cellblock C have stayed well in these trying times, pandemic seems to be sweeping thru nursing homes and prison unfortunately…
As for the comparison of Richt to Kirby I stopped the comparison right away when we won our 3rd straight SEC East…you see, that was something CMR ever accomplished don’t ya know. BTW just curious, in 12 years as HBC how many does Mullet have? Seems like y’all were coming off back to backers before them death threats derailed you know who…in any event the experts have y’all all but guaranteed to win one this year if this horrific pandemic subsides, I certainly hope so. Poor Mullet, he’s certainly overdue…but all seriousness aside stay well my compadre and great to hear from you…
^never accomplished^
Leghump easy on the prison familial references given your state was founded as a prison colony. As far as your placing so much emphasis on Not So Smart’s 3 straight SEC East Division titles notwithstanding Richt’s better winning percentage (42-10 for .807 vs. 44-12 for .787) it’s refreshing to finally see you concede Florida’s superiority over Georgia over the last 40 years based upon your own criteria ie Championships. So based upon a poorer winning percentage and one more division crown your dismissing the comparison between Richt and Not So? I really had forgotten what a mental midget you could be.
Chauncey found out what we already knew. That it sucks to be a gator. LMAO.
Ditto to what you said.
Confidence and good judgement, means not dwelling on one’s rival.
Most Georgia fans are decent, and love their school like us Gator fans love ours. Or like those other SEC schools, and their love for their’s.
Unfortunately, the worst and lowest of Georgia fans reside on our site. Losers MUST tear down those they feel are so above them, and their not so secrets envy.
No need to worry.TENNESSEE is coming.And then Georgia and Florida will be put in their place.
Like a vast majority of people, I doubt the Gator’s coaching staff gives a dam about this one way or the other.
Hard to believe Mullen said we didn’t have any NFL talent on the team. Seems that goes contrary to what the NFL people thought because The Gators did very well in the draft the last 2 years. NFL were very complementary of the UF players. Looks like the McElwain staff had better recruiting than publicized or maybe Mullen wants to convince all us that he’s won the last 2 years on all coaching and no talent.
That’s not what he said, so yes, it is very hard to believe.
Florida, geeezzz, PEDs, credit card fraud, McElwain…. it’s been a long string of character issues for them. Quickly, I think they hired very well with Mullen….BUT expect the recruiting character success to come back slowly and I think Mullen is on track. So I see this story as one where it’s possible that Florida was trying to clean up every player on the roster’s act and maybe this promoted player was just one of many they were trying to move toward higher personal ground. He has good numbers in the NFL so Florida AND he-himself are winning here… just let old words and deeds lay where they are and ride a wave here.
On the East vs. West shots fired, Missouri has a winning record against the West, and they’ve played all the way around the West and then some. So if the West is not the weaker division…., then Missouri has to be the stronger…. an in Missouri we know it’s both. The future belongs to those who are living in the present, The East.
Someone wrote about coaching changes… I’m going to argue that Missouri, Tennessee, Florida, and Georgia’s coaching improvements will keep the East winning the regular season cross division record. But the Arkansas, aTm, Mississippi, and Mississippi State also have new leaders.
You play Arkansas every year, so bragging about beating the West is not credible. Feel free to post the Missouri record against the rest of the West. It’s a losing record.
Who plays Vandy every year? I saw they were something like 12-54 in cross division games since 92 for crimenny sake…but ever since DirtFishU became their annual they’ve improved
Vandy plays Ole Miss every year.
Missouri played aTm as the cross division before Arkansas. The cross division record is determined by 14 games. There’s no escaping that “you” are the loser for the past two yeqr’s combined, ouch, sorry that hurts a little.
We are the conference and national champions. Missouri has never been able to say that. You are bragging about the one season in the last 10 that the East won over the West. Relish that one season. We will enjoy our most recent national championship.
If it wasn’t for Arkansas your record against the west would look very bad…
If it weren’t for TrunksnorterU and to a lesser degree BogKatU ours would look very good…
Missouri doesn’t have a winning record against the west since joining the conference so you may want to count again….
Against TrunksnorterU 2-4
Against HawgHeadU 8-3
Against WarBuzzardU 1-2
Against PurpleBogKatU 1-1
Against CowBellHellU 2-1
Against DirtFishU 7-1
Against LandGrantU 7-8
What did you come up with?
Trying again, what did you come up with since they joined the SEC?
So you figured out you didn’t read my post correctly after you made an irrelevant comment..
You are so funny, don’t ever change. A riot I tell ya. So what did ya come up with?
I’m sure you can figure out how to count up their record against west teams since joining. Also I don’t care what you come up with..
I came up with 2
I guess we don’t really know what exactly Chauncey is referring to but if someone told him he should stay another year, it appears they may have been right. He is one of the best rookies drafted thus far and he got drafted in the fourth round. That first round money never comes back around.
Perhaps but unfortunately so do no pay to play injuries…risk reward I suppose but imho both he and Fromm monkeyed the pooch
I concur with all of that
What was the context of his comments? Was it after a loss and he was ripping his team for being lazy?