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Searels demoted?

Posted on 1/20/26 at 2:21 pm
Posted by grey
Member since Aug 2015
4001 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 2:21 pm
Phil Rauscher is now expected to be the new OL coach, while Searels remains with the staff doing something else.

Posted by Kneehigh
Low Country
Member since Nov 2012
16996 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 2:26 pm to
Yes. This other guy is apparently the brains behind the improvement. I can dig it.
Posted by SquatchDawg
Cohutta Wilderness
Member since Sep 2012
19433 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 2:27 pm to
Didn’t even know that guy was in the staff. He has a bunch of NFL OL coaching experience. Now granted…those teams may have sucked but still.
Posted by Bradb5291
Member since Nov 2021
463 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 3:07 pm to
Per Rusty Mansell he “stepped down”
Posted by SquatchDawg
Cohutta Wilderness
Member since Sep 2012
19433 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 3:18 pm to
I can’t wait until 2026. I have a new coach I can want to fire after the 3rd game!
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
14045 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 3:21 pm to
Why wait? Fire him now.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
89789 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 3:39 pm to
HELL YEAH
Posted by bunkerhill
Georgia
Member since Oct 2017
1495 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 3:43 pm to
i looked up bio on Searels. He will be 61 before next season starts.

He may welcome a reduction in his duties.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
73838 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 3:59 pm to
Jwill is such a shitty writer.
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
8687 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 4:00 pm to
Great move by Kirby figuring out a way to keep Rauscher around. You have to wonder if this was the plan the whole time. Spend a year with Searles and then take over. How else can you hire the offensive line coach and run game coordinator from an NFL team and expect him to stay around.

Dylan Fairchild just made the All-Rookie team, Ratledge was a monster for the Lions and Jared Wilson started some games for the Patriots, but our offensive line was way more competent this season even though we were way younger than any Georgia offensive line I can remember off-hand.

Kirby promised everybody last season that he was going to fix the offensive line, and he did. That's why Kirby is the man.

Now I hope Kirby does the pass rush next. He doesn't have to tell us he's doing it this time or make any vows. Just do it!
This post was edited on 1/20/26 at 4:02 pm
Posted by Floyd Dawg
Silver Creek, GA
Member since Jul 2018
5008 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 5:48 pm to
Searles had a major health scare this year with a pneumonia battle. That, plus being 60, is a large reason he’s stepping back.
Posted by BallCoach
Member since Jun 2024
84 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 7:16 pm to
This guy is a DGD. Started 2 freshman and we won SEC. They are essentially doing the OL together as well as a GA. Searles will now do the same thing and not go on road recruiting. It's a good logical move for a 60 year old but he is still an integral part of staff just like Bobo and Muschamp were when they were analysts. It's a collective effort and titles are overrated. Not an insider but this is factual. It is not a demotion per se.
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