GEORGIA
Tennessee may have just started a game of musical chairs among offensive coordinators in the SEC East. With Jim Chaney leaving his position as Georgia offensive coordinator for the same position at UT, UGA could replace Chaney with another offensive coordinator in the division.
SB Nation senior writer Steven Godfrey tweeted Wednesday that Kentucky offensive coordinator Eddie Gran is a “name to watch at Georgia.” Similar to Chaney, Gran has plenty of familiarity with the SEC and experience as offensive coordinator.
From 1995-2009, Gran was a special teams and running backs coach at Ole Miss (1995-98), Auburn (1999-2008) and Tennessee (2009). He has since been an offensive coordinator at Florida State (2010-12), Cincinnati (2013-15) and Kentucky (2016-present). As Godfrey notes, Gran is also highly regarded as a recruiter of the South Florida hotbed of talent.
A name to watch at Georgia is Kentucky OC Eddie Gran. Wildcats were conservative this season but Gran’s Cincinnati offenses were very explosive. He’s also a very strong Florida recruiter.
— Steven Godfrey (@38Godfrey) January 9, 2019
I’m not sure that’s an improvement from Chaney…
James Coley, the current co-OC and QBs coach, is the favorite. He’s been with Kirby all 3 years in Athens and has been given increasingly more responsibility with overall game-planning and strategy. This has been a frustration for Chaney, especially when it’s become clear Kirby wasn’t gonna pay him anywhere near $1.5M to run the ball up the middle 30 times a game. And Vol fans, pray your O-line is the best part of your team cuz that’s what’s coming.
My money is on Coley even though SDS is almost always right………..
Not that it matters because y’all wanted Chaney gone, but Georgia offered him $1.5 mill to stay. Whether y’all want to believe it or not.
I was about to say the same thing. UGA did offer. But I don’t blame Chaney for leaving considering all dawg fans think he was the reason for everything bad…all Chaney’s fault.
You don’t McGarity the AD, or you would never of said that. They wouldn’t and didn’t offer him that.
You can live in denial all you want if it helps you sleep at night. But the facts are what they are. Kinda like asking the girl out you wished you dated and she said no and then you denied it. That’s Dog fans right now. It’s actually kinda sad given your recent success.
Eh…can’t we do better?
I would take Gran or Coley. I leaning towards Coley more, though.
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Bringing in anyone other than Coley, after having Coley serve as Co-Offensive Coordinator this year, would be a slap in the face to Coley. I’m not viewing this as a Vacancy. We had for some dumb reason 2 offensive coordinators and now we only have 1 (the right amount). It makes sense to have two only if the reason was that UGA knew it was Chaney’s last year in Athens.
Kiffin to Athens…you read it here 1st…..
You wish
So do I. Smart couldn’t control Kiff like Saban did and he’d destroy the program.
They tried to give the whole offense to Gran for $1.1 mill and he said no after they offered Chaney $1.5 mill to stay. You better hope he just sticks around after that back hand.
Honestly just a wait and see situation. We could’ve done a lot better than Chaney (and possibly Gran but I’m sure we could do a lot worse too. We just have to trust the talent to execute what’s being called. Even if that’s running up the middle every 1st and/or 2nd and 10.
You are correct. If the players can’t execute, it really doesn’t matter who’s calling the plays.
Dare I say … Sarkisian? He was up and down in Atlanta, I know. But the sample we got at Bama was encouraging. Plus of course, this not being the NFL, he could be great. Ehh, it could happen.
The one game he called at Bama was a loss…
Yeah but they put up 31 against one of CFB’s best defenses with a mediocre passing game and if not for last second theatricals by Watson to 37 yo Renfrow then it would have been a win. However, with the Gran news this doesnt really matter.