Grantham News

kentdaddy, for the first time in my life, will be watching the Cowboys and pulling for the portion of the defense that Coach Grantham has a hand in.

Still hard for me to accept Jerry Jones and \"America's Team. Must say this though, looks like JJ put this bunch together, and I am sure that Coach Grantham had to face off with JJ before being hired. Definitely a \"hands on dude\".

Really like this portion of the article . . . As a Tampa fan now, know what Brad did for the Tampa team. Some of us discussed Brad Johnson earlier this year as a possible guy that could help UGA come out of this \"funk\". Seems as if that conversation came true.

Richt on how he knew of Grantham:

There were so many names that crossed my desk and people calling from all around recommending people. When Todd’s name came up, I was very interested in pursuing and learning more about him. The more I learned about him, the more excited I got about him. It just so happens that a lot of coaches that I know in the business, know Todd and know what he’s done in the past and know of his football knowledge. I think a lot of people in the college game spend time with Todd in the off season to continue to grow as coaches. Let’s face it, the NFL is really the cutting edge of football. Coach Grantham is one of the best minds out there. I knew that about him. It also turned out that my brother in law, Brad Johnson, who played quarterback for the Cowboys at the tail end of his career, was there last season and got to know Todd as a coach although he didn’t coach Brad, Brad was able to observe him as a coach and was highly impressed with him, his energy and how he would teach. The respect that players had for him. He also got to know him on a personal level.

kentdaddy, one of my biggest concerns is this . . . Length and substance of Coach Grantham's contract. I believe with the area we recruit, UGA will be a team that will consistently be mentioned and recognized as one of the schools that will aid a young hopeful in his efforts to make it to the League.

My gut feeling is this . . . we have the return of \"Erk\" . . . . just a different era. Old farts like me love to see the past come back, and I think in Coach Grantham, the past is back.

Looking at the photo that NC_Dawg posted of \"Erk\" brought back many memories of Athens and Georgia football.


Go You Silver Britches, GATA!!

Watching Cowboys/Vikings, amazing from week to week how team personalities change.

Grantham's bunch truthfully is playing a good game.

When you look at some of the moves by linebackers and down linemen going on in this game, it is hard not to let ones mind shift to Athens. College QB's and offensive linemen are going to have a hard time with Coach Grantham and the Red and Black.

Almost forever, the accepted time for a QB to make it in the League was more than a year. Once upon a time it was 3 to five years.

Bringing Coach Grantham to Athens is going to revive that once upon a time known fact . . . UGA plays defense.

I certainly don't mean to be ugly folks. However, on the offensive side of the ball we had a UGA football player that ended up as our Offensive Coordinator. The last couple of years Coach Bobo has been anything but unpredictable. Cute little flair passes don't win games. Understand that there were games when we scored more . . . . . the offense was never, and never did, have me feeling that we could win the game offensively, if need be.

Coach Richt picked Coach Bobo just as he chose WM as his defensive coordinator.

Look at the facts.

There are on the offensive side of the football, not one, but many players that are true Division 1 football players. If Coach Bobo can't get this group of players ready to score some points, then it is time for Coach Richt to re-evaluate his choice of OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR.

This journey did not end with the release of WM, that was the beginning. In my opinion, the beginning was with Coach Richt, continues with his latest choice of Coach Grantham. For whatever it is worth, again I say, Coach Richt look hard at the entire program.

Go Dawgs!

I agree with you Buc (always do)..... don't you feel Bobo was a little \"limited\" in what he could call with Cox at QB? Hopefully AM will give Bobo more options and can open up the offense more. He DID run a bunch of screens even with MS there though. I'll give him this year to prove his play calling with AM at QB, plus a ton of talent around him.

I was going to say with Stafford there he really didn't go for the big play. At the same time we had a very talented running back and Matt had a problem with over throwing receivers down field. I think Joe Cox was better at the deep ball then Matt. Might now have had the power but he had accuracy down field. Joe had a problem with the 0-5 yard range.

Another side to the story wlayton . . . . you also told us that Cox was a good guy, a Dawg, but could not make the offensive machine work. You were right again . . . .

I think the problem with CMB is he calls to many pass play on 1st down, IMO we should run the ball 8 out of 10 times on 1st DN, That would then open up the pass. I cant tell how frustrated I would be when we would be starting off deep on our side of the field an CMB would come out throwing and then it would either be incomplete and or an interception. Especially during the Fla game when we were on our 3yd line and LG was just put in the game and he calls a pass play and it gets picked for ah TD!!
I couldnt believe he didnt try to run it out and give LG some room ,being his 1st ever start in a huge game like that. He finally started to run during the Ga tech game and you see what happened, we won!!