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Todd Monken shares how strong cultures and parallels at Georgia and Baltimore factored into his decision
By Keith Farner
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Todd Monken spoke to the media on Tuesday as he gets set to begin working as the Baltimore Ravens’ offensive coordinator.
Monken ultimately said the challenge of coaching against “the best in the world,” appealed to him after 3 seasons at Georgia as offensive coordinator when he helped lead the Bulldogs to back-to-back national titles.
“If I was going to do it, it was going to be somewhere that was parallel to Georgia,” Monken said. “Part of the reason I went to Georgia, one of the main reasons, was because of culture, head coach, winning, really good on defense. Obviously, trying to find a way to do it better on offense. I thought that was a parallel that I thought fit me.”
Monken said he gets way too much credit for the Georgia success, and he added that the culture was already set and the staff was tremendous. Monken added that the decision was hard. “You get close to the players, but you can’t be 2 places at once and this is what’s next.”
“But this was what was next,” he said. “You can’t be 2 places at once, that’s just the way it is sometimes in life.”
OC Todd Monken on why the strong cultures at both Georgia and the Ravens factored into his decision: pic.twitter.com/StXlJCG8Jr
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A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
