UGA Coach Rodney Garner To Remain With Bulldogs

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General Jack said:
I would be getting pretty tired of that act if I were a dawg fan too. You know Richt has to be muttering under his breath after all of this.

But I guess its still worth if for them.
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if he weren't worth the cash, his bluff would have been called and it would have ended at that. He clearly has more market value than he was getting. He fixed that problem, as he should have.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
if he weren't worth the cash, his bluff would have been called and it would have ended at that. He clearly has more market value than he was getting. He fixed that problem, as he should have.
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I don't disagree that he was undervalued. But he did play us for a raise. Do I blame him? No. But I'm not certain he ever intended to leave Georgia, regardless of what he was offered (within reason). But again, he might have been serious. Only Rodney knows that.
 
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As I recall, we went after him, not the other way around, it's not like he reneged on a done deal with UTK. If anyone at all was played, it was UGA
 
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billbattle said:
I don't disagree that he was undervalued. But he did play us for a raise. Do I blame him? No. But I'm not certain he ever intended to leave Georgia, regardless of what he was offered (within reason). But again, he might have been serious. Only Rodney knows that.
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I think he would have come here in a heartbeat. If Richt thought otherwise, he would have maintained the status quo.
 
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#157
I think he had a genuine interest in working with Monte as well. We will see quite a bit of that as long as he is here.
 
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#158
Some of you guys are being ridiculous! Did Garner call up Kiffin and ask if he could interview? Garner did what anyone would do, he listened to the offers and made a decision with his family. He did not play UT. If anything, UT played UGA into spending money. I have no doubt than when we made the offer, Garner had to think he was coming here. He has a family that he must support, and it's not like he played at UGA. That being said, UGA counter offered, and he made the best decision for himself and his family. Can you imagine telling 5 daughters that they were all leaving their friends and moving to a new school? I would imagine UGA wouldn't have to pay him as much as our offer to keep him there because uprooting a family sucks.
I guess when Lane asked to talk to him he should have said "No, I don't want to get in an ugly bidding war that ends up paying me twice as much because some might percieve that I played you guys."
 
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BigPapaVol said:
if he weren't worth the cash, his bluff would have been called and it would have ended at that. He clearly has more market value than he was getting. He fixed that problem, as he should have.
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Don't disagree with any of that. My point was that its got to be a PITA... especially when its happened 4 years in a row.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
I think he would have come here in a heartbeat. If Richt thought otherwise, he would have maintained the status quo.
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That begs the question, why didn't he? I doubt Georgia came close to our offer, so what would it have taken for him to come in a heartbeat?
 
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Sure it would have been nice to have RG, but he would have been the cherry on top. Time to move on!
 
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It's not like he had a bad deal at UGA and an easy sell to come to UK. He had a sarn good job and situation there before our offer. Not easy to move someone like that unless into a full coordinator position.
 
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#168
Worst of luck to Coach Garner in the future. :)

In all seriousness, it sounds like it wasn't just about the money. He had his reasons for staying, so we've got to respect that.
 
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This is from that AJC article just posted...

"Garner will receive a moderate raise from Georgia — 'nothing like what they were offering at Tennessee,' he said —but no other promotions from his current titles of asst. head coach, recruiting coordinator and D-line."

Nothing like they were offering at Tennessee? So, what ... $300k? I can't believe he stayed if it wasn't even close. I like this guy and I wish we could've got him ... but he seems like he just wants attention almost every off-season. Glad he got it .... enjoy
 
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#171
I have no doubt Kiffin will fill every role on the staff with someone he desperately wants here. He's not going to settle.
 
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