CTG coach in waiting

Definitely don't want to lose CTG. I just want to know if
CMR really does have a planned departure date.


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My recollection is that Richt said he wanted to retire from football at UGA. Don't remember a time stamp.

Many thought that Mike Leach would never coach again at a major university. Some did not like his style of not babying players that grew up with a silver spoon. Washington State stepped up and took on a "wild man". Guess we will have to wait to see how well that hire turns out. I have my thoughts. Probably turn out like Erk leaving UGA and doing very well.

ogredawg, so right about the money. Reference being made to Coach Grantham being on the wild side, think I see that every week, whether in high school, college or pro. Appears Coach Grantham's "antics" were met with approval by the UGA players, and many of us that support UGA.

If Coach Grantham puts in another year or two and there does not appear to be any movement in the head coaching position, feel sure he would leave. Offers will be there. A serious plus in keeping Coach Grantham is that he spent x amount of time getting to know folks in UGA's recruiting area. Almost becomes a family relationship. Don't want to give our hard earned treasures to another school, took too long to find a Coach that coaches football and does not stick his lips out.

Thing is that without a definite date, Grantham may not want to wait some unknown period of time
that could end up being 5-10..who knows how many years down the road. If an offer as an HC
is going to come up for him in the next couple of years, we might lose him anyway because he'll
take the bird in hand over the two in the bushes. He just may not want to wait even if he knows
the UGA job will eventually be his. He may not want to wait on "eventually".

If there is a planned date, then the looking/planning for a replacement HC should begin immediately.
If that search begins immediately, then CTG just already top of the list for about 20 different
reasons and to be honest I would think the job sort of already is his. He knows the program..
he's already involved.. he's had success. No one outside the program is going to commit to
something 2 years down the road, and we wouldn't offer the job to someone outside of the program
and then ask our existing staff to sit and wait in limbo for their future. Someone within the
program just about has to be the only logical choice under that scenario, and it would come down
to him or Bobo. Pretty sure CTG would be the guy.

Just don't see how offering him the title "HC in waiting" today... without knowing when Richt will
leave really changes anything in Grantham's mind. Unless Richt is willing to give a definite
date and unless that date is within the next two or three years... we may just have to face
the fact we would lose CTG if anyone else wanted to make him their HC in the next couple of
years.

Pretty simple... my company tells me they want to offer me the CEO job eventually, but I may
be 60 years old before that date arrives. Some other company offers me a CEO job that begins
in 2012 while I'm still 48. If I want that badly to be a CEO.. I'm gone.

As important as the DC job is in the SEC it might behoove UGA to make it financially attractive to the point that CTG would want to stay in that capacity. We all know how important it is to have a DC like CTG so pay him up to keep him even if not in the HC position. In this league it is just as important as the HC position, dont you think?

Absolutely. Pay him. Make him the highest paid DC in the conference if that's what it takes.

We have the money, and $$$ to keep someone should never be an issue. We're top 5 in the
nation on the money our program makes.

Wart, I think you are somewhat agreeing but trying hard to find a way to diagree. Like stated in the original post, not a fan of coach in waiting titles, because they mean nothing. That is why I want something going on behind the scenes. I don't know when CMR is going to be ready to retire, but if he knows a particular date, would like for him, CTG, and Mac to get together and discuss.

As far as salaries, I believe CTG makes 750,000. There are a handful of jobs out there that I would leave that type of money for. You go to a rebuilding school, you might walk into a Dooley situation. Believe someone said he might have bit off more than he can chew. I agree with that, and if he flops again next year, he is going to be fired. Does anyone think his resume will appeal to any big time football programs? He is going to be starting over.

Buc, you have hit the nail on the head to my reasoning behind this idea. CTG is already establishing strong recruiting ties. He needs to continue to develop them. Part of the problem with bringing in someone else, is that you usually have an entire new staff coming in as well. CTG would be keeping a lot of the same staff already on hand. A lot of these coaches have developed strong recruiting relationships. As far as the other stuff, does anyone doubt CTG can lead? I sure don't. IMHO, he is already the HC of the defense. That is his side, and he has total control, which he should.

There is no way of knowing when CMR is going to step down. Hence, the here's to wishing in the original post. I do think he is too prideful to leave a program in worse shape than he found it. That I respect. People can question his character all day long. The man looked adversity right in the eye, and refused to let the public know it was affecting him. He refused to let it change the core of who he is. He found a way to get the water from continuing to come in the ship.

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