Todd Grantham possible new DC?

[Dawg-gone-dawgs]

Makes 975k a year. I'd be shocked if we land him

He makes more than that

[Bubb Rubb]

Grantham brought a 3-4 to UGA and didn't have the right players for it. UGA looked lost for 2 years on D. Richt felt the heat and fired him. He's had better defenses since leaving UGA.

This would be a home run hire.

Grantham would be the new intense bastard at State. It would be nice to see a State defense play with an edge again.

[mstatefan91]

Grantham would be the new intense bastard at State. It would be nice to see a State defense play with an edge again.

Yeah our recent defenses and especially this year's have played with a fear of messing up or losing rather than with the attitude of being bad mother17er's.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

It's funny how fans are when you've been there for more than a couple of years. They don't appreciate what they have until it's gone.

Todd Grantham Total Defense at UGA & Louisville

2010 - UGA 23rd
2011 - UGA 3rd
2012 - UGA 27th
2013 - UGA 45th
2014 - Louisville 6th
2015 - Louisville 18th
2016 - Louisville 14th

[Dawg-gone-dawgs]

Can you guess which part of this quote will prevent him from ever working for Mullen?

"I've been here two years, and since I've been here, we've been sixth in total D and 18th in total D," Grantham told ESPN.com. "Coach Petrino gives me full autonomy to run the defense the way I see fit. I do all the game plans with our defensive staff, and if you look, we've had a lot of success, and we really got a lot of energy moving forward. We beat two SEC teams at the end of the year, and we've got some guys that chose to come back. Things are moving in the right direction, and we've got a lot of energy moving forward."

[maroonmania]

If we want to compete in the SEC West, it is warranted because we aren't gonna attract upper level SEC capable defensive coordinators for 800K

You do realize Peter Sirmon reportedly makes 635K and that is the most we've paid a DC? Agree that 800K won't attract an upper level DC but it would at least be a good place to get to since it would be more than a 160K raise from what we pay now.

[AROB44]

Kyle Whittingham for DC

NO...Don't you know he is secretly our "head coach in waiting"

[mstatefan91]

You do realize Peter Sirmon reportedly makes 635K and that is the most we've paid a DC? Agree that 800K won't attract an upper level DC at 800K but it would at least be a good place to get to since it would be more than a 160K raise from what we pay now.

You do realize that we have a new athletic director?

May mean nothing, though. Just hoping Cohen makes a difference here.

[maroonmania]

You do realize that we have a new athletic director?

May mean nothing, though. Just hoping Cohen makes a difference here.

Me too.

[HoopsDawg]

It's funny how fans are when you've been there for more than a couple of years. They don't appreciate what they have until it's gone.

Todd Grantham Total Defense at UGA & Louisville

2010 - UGA 23rd
2011 - UGA 3rd
2012 - UGA 27th
2013 - UGA 45th
2014 - Louisville 6th
2015 - Louisville 18th
2016 - Louisville 14th

All those numbers are really good except for 2013. That is totally unacceptable at UGA especially given the climate of the SEC East at that time.

[sandwolf]

What if the hold up in the past was Stricklin and the purse-strings and not Dan's "want to"?? Cohen seems the type who says "what will it take to get what you want?"

I had the same thought.

[Dawg61]

Can you guess which part of this quote will prevent him from ever working for Mullen?

Maybe just maybe Mullen is going to stop being a stubborn asshat and start staying the **** outta the defensive coach's way. Maybe he finally get it for MSU to be top 15 annually he has to trust his DC and leave him the **** alone. Maybe

[GTHOM]

This would be a grand slam in my opinion.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

All those numbers are really good except for 2013. That is totally unacceptable at UGA especially given the climate of the SEC East at that time.

I don't disagree but 1 bad year out of 4 when your bad isn't that bad. Doesn't sound like a guy you should run off.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

Maybe just maybe Mullen is going to stop being a stubborn asshat and start staying the **** outta the defensive coach's way. Maybe he finally get it for MSU to be top 15 annually he has to trust his DC and leave him the **** alone. Maybe

This is such an overblown narrative. He got out of the way of Sirmon this year.

[tireddawg]

Grantham would be the new intense bastard at State. It would be nice to see a State defense play with an edge again.

You're right, he is one intense dude. This would be a great hire, maybe even a homerun. My GA bro-n-law says that Richt tied Grantham's hands some & wouldn't let him be him to a degree. He needed more players for his style of d.

[TrapGame]

If we get Grantham it's a definite sign that Mullen is letting go. I'm sure Cohen had a lot to do with it.

Grantham will not come for any amount of money if he can't run 100% of the defense.

[dawgday166]

All those numbers are really good except for 2013. That is totally unacceptable at UGA especially given the climate of the SEC East at that time.

What if Richt started getting into his knickers too much? Surprised his Lville numbers surpass his GA numbers.

[Irondawg]

one thing to track against defensive ranking is offensive rankings. If your offense is going 3 and out every drive having a good defense in near impossible.

[I seen it dawg]

Kyle Whittingham for DC

Doubt he would take it