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Georgia fans can’t handle assistant coach Kevin Sherrer tweeting a pro-Tennessee comment
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Georgia fans are a day away from seeing their beloved Bulldogs play for a national title. A win would represent the first championship the program has seen on the gridiron since 1980. Despite all the good vibes in and around Athens these days, UGA fans are still capable of being upset by a single tweet.
That may sound crazy but here’s proof.
Outside linebackers coach Kevin Sherrer will be coaching his last game for the program Monday before leaving to join Jeremy Pruitt’s Tennessee staff. Sherrer isn’t leaving for a lateral position, he’s receiving a promotion and will be Pruitt’s first UT defensive coordinator. While he could have left the program weeks ago, he’s decided to stay in Athens to help this team finish their 2017 goals, which include bringing home a national title.
In addition to his duties in Athens, Sherrer is actively recruiting for Tennessee. If you missed the news, the Vols landed a big-time commitment Saturday from four-star U.S. Army All-American linebacker JJ Peterson. While Peterson committed to Tennessee just after 1:30 pm ET Saturday, Sherrer expressed his excitement later that evening — presumingly after a long day working for Georgia in anticipation of the title game.
Here’s the tweet he sent out:
It is a great day to be a Vol!
— Kevin Sherrer (@CoachSherrerGSU) January 7, 2018
It didn’t take long for the UGA assistant to quickly becoming bombarded with angst from Bulldog fans. The best part of their responses has to be all the 41-0 taunts. Considering Sherrer had far more to do with Georgia beating Tennessee 41-0 than any of these Twitter users, that attempt at an insult is pretty weak, even by Twitter standards.
https://twitter.com/t_fulch/status/949851028660289536
Nothing like working for one job and promoting for another!!! You’re better than that, dude.
— Ray Fulcher (@callme_raymond) January 7, 2018
Great day to unfollow you, too. ✌? #Deuces
— Allyson (@ally32250) January 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/TeamRocketRUGA/status/949850440237223936
I'm glad you're excited about your new job, I really am but why on earth did you think it was a good idea to tweet this today when the young men you are currently getting paid to coach have the biggest game of their lives on Monday night. Complete classless move! #GoDawgs
— UGATradition (@kglass47) January 7, 2018
Could that not have waited til Tuesday? Damn, coach
— Ray Fulcher (@callme_raymond) January 7, 2018
— Marcus Davis (@Mdiezel1984) January 7, 2018
WTF is he thinking
— Lake Dawg????⚫ (@DawgLake) January 7, 2018
What a joke that you put this while we are getting ready to play Monday
— snoop (@snoop35051246) January 7, 2018
Former UGA defender Jake Ganus took no issue with the tweet, which, of course, resulted in some Georgia fans calling him out:
The the complainers.. coach can handle his business and you best believe he wants to go out with a win as bad as any of us. Let’s calm down.
— Jake Ganus (@jakeganus) January 7, 2018
Couldn't disagree more, Jake. Unprofessional. He should be ashamed of himself.
— Mark Harris (@Markdawg33) January 7, 2018
One Twitter user pointed out that Kirby Smart did the same thing as he pulled double duty for Alabama and Georgia:
— Cody Sexton (@CoachSexton_OL) January 7, 2018
There’s no perfect way to handle the odd duel roles that coaches like Sherrer are currently juggling but these social media exchanges prove one thing for sure, you can’t please both fan bases at the same time no matter how hard you try.
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
