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The Georgia Bulldogs have now lost both coordinators this offseason, with DC Mel Tucker leaving for the Colorado head coaching job and OC Jim Chaney leaving for the same position at Tennessee.
The Chaney news on Tuesday night was a bit of a surprise, but now the Bulldogs need to regroup and find a replacement for Chaney ASAP.
On Wednesday afternoon, coach Kirby Smart issued a statement about Chaney leaving, thanking him for the past three years and wishing him the best moving forward:
Kirby Smart statement on Jim Chaney’s exit. pic.twitter.com/35IzAMc0Ed
— David Ubben (@davidubben) January 9, 2019
That’s a classy statement, but Smart probably hopes Chaney’s new job doesn’t go too well, as the Vols and Bulldogs are SEC East rivals.
If Chaney does with Tennessee’s offense what he did with Georgia’s offense, the Bulldogs could have a new challenger in the East in the next couple of years.
The news in Kentucky is the Bulldogs are going to come after Eddie Gran.
PLEASE, take him, and of course his buddy, Hinshaw.
The way he has developed quarterbacks at Kentucky should draw all the best high school players in the country.
Look what he’s done with the Wildcats.
Check the NCAA statistics.
Seriously. Kentucky just had there best season in recent history and you complain about your OC.
You could say the EXACT same thing about UGA fans and Jim Chaney. LOL
Cheney was actually demoted in 2018. Kirby named Coley as Co-Coordinator and removed Cheney as QB coach. Losses against LSU and Bama were very much tied to Cheney unwilling or unable to adjust game plan after kickoff. And do you really not think that UGA had just slightly better O-line and overall talent than Eddie Gran?
Didn’t realize our former Vice President was coaching at Georgia. Did he shoot Kirby in the face while hunting?
I wonder if UTk will continue to get destroyed by our 3 biggest rivals every season..?
Doubt it.
Utterly. But, with Chaney waddling in, biscuit sales are gonna skyrocket.
All aboard the “LANE TRAIN” people…..Kiffin coming to Athens!!! Good enough for Saban, good enough for Kirby. ((sarcasm))
I think Kirby saw first hand what it was like to work with Kiffin. I doubt Kiffin goes anywhere until his contract runs up in 9 years.
I wish i could stop being right.
The wheels are coming off and I hope we don’t lose any more recruits.
Idiot….
I wish you could stop being.
Come on Voltrain, quit trolling! You are such an embarrassment for your fellow UT brethren.
Funny how we haven’t heard a word about UGA preparations for Kirby defending the Cheney offense. People are so busy patting UT on the head, they seem to have forgotten than Kirby was a pretty good D-coordinator at Bama.
He was great DC at Bama. That’s who I wanted for our DC before Richt hired Pruitt, but of course, my alumni/booster friends told me Kirby was waiting for the UGA HC job to come open.