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Rob Sale had several ties to members of Georgia’s football staff dating back to their days at Alabama when he was hired as the Bulldogs’ offensive line coach last month.
The relationships formed with defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt, outside linebackers coach Kevin Sherrer and strength coach Mark Hocke may have helped get him to Athens, but working under veteran assistant Joe Pendry gave Sale the type of experience that launched his coaching career.
“I gained Joe Pendry’s trust early,” Sale said of Pendry, who served as the Crimson Tide’s offensive line coach under Nick Saban from 2007-10 before retiring after a career that included 19 years as an NFL assistant and college stops including West Virginia and Kansas State. “The more you gain and the better job you do, the more you can get put on your plate, put on your plate, put on your plate.”
Sale, 35, played for Saban as an offensive line starter from 2000-02 at LSU, but was recruited there by Gerry DiNardo. When Saban went from head coach with the Miami Dolphins to Alabama, Sale phoned his old coach and landed a spot in the program.
The Monroe, La., native, was assistant strength coach and a quality control assistant during his five seasons in Tuscaloosa before leaving in 2012 for McNeese State, an FCS program where he coached the offensive line and was co-offensive coordinator last season.
His hire at Georgia was well-received, but the salary Sale will be paid raised a stir of sorts in the coaching community.
“I’m sure it will,” Sale said.
He’ll be making $400,000, which is $100,000 more than Will Friend made as offensive line coach and run game coordinator before leaving for Colorado State.
“I can’t really worry about the stir,” said Sale, who interviewed last year at LSU. “I had a chance for this one and obviously I did a good enough job. People on the staff trusted me and I’m going to do a good job. I’m going to grind my tail off in recruiting. I can’t worry about what people think about the salary. That’s not my job. I’m just going to earn every penny of it.”
Sale helped Georgia land offensive tackle signee Patrick Allen from Maryland after he decommited following Friend’s departure and also gained the signature of one-time Wisconsin commitment Sam Madden from New Jersey.
The Bulldogs last week picked up a 2016 verbal pledge from 6-foot-3 ½, 294-pound offensive guard Aaron Dowdell from Creekside High in Atlanta, who was already being recruited by assistant Bryan McClendon. Sale offered Dowdell early. Dowdell’s only other offer, he says, is from Memphis, but there was interest from Clemson and Auburn.
“He’s definitely stepped up the recruiting process,” Dowdell said. “He’s rebuilding the offensive line corps. We’re losing a couple of linemen and he’s building it back up.”
After he was hired in January, Sale looked at film of some 45 or 50 offensive line prospects to try to find a player or two for Georgia’s signing class if there was room.
Sale says he looks for players with measurables. An ideal guard or center is 6-foot-5 or 6-4.
“You can be 6-3 ½, long-limbed, play powerful and be efficient in the inside and your tackles need to be longer-limbed guys,” Sale said. “At Alabama, your Chance Warmack’s, (Anthony) Steen’s of the world, they were 6-2 and some change, right at 6-3, but they could bend and they could knock somebody right off the football.”
Making the move to recruit for Georgia after doing it for McNeese State isn’t as big a transition as you might expect.
“I was at Alabama for five years so I know what they look like,” Sale said. “I know what them suckers look like. I know what bending ankles can look like. I know what the size of somebody’s body looks like. I know how they’re supposed to look. It’s all relative. It really is.”
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