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Jim Chaney leaving?
Posted on 1/4/19 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 1/4/19 at 5:57 pm
His three year contract is coming to its end. Per AJC:
Tennessee, which has gone well over a month now without filling its offensive coordinator vacancy, is said to be eying Georgia’s Jim Chaney. Chaney’s three-year contract is due to expire at the end of the academic year. He had to share coordinating duties with James Coley this past season, as well as move from coaching quarterbacks to tight ends, and I'm told still has property on a lake up in East Tennessee.
Any chance this happens? Personally, I think the program could do much better than Chaney. Get out the checkbook.
This is from: Smart dealing with managing a top tier program
Tennessee, which has gone well over a month now without filling its offensive coordinator vacancy, is said to be eying Georgia’s Jim Chaney. Chaney’s three-year contract is due to expire at the end of the academic year. He had to share coordinating duties with James Coley this past season, as well as move from coaching quarterbacks to tight ends, and I'm told still has property on a lake up in East Tennessee.
Any chance this happens? Personally, I think the program could do much better than Chaney. Get out the checkbook.
This is from: Smart dealing with managing a top tier program
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Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:02 pm to Lucius Clay
I wouldn't be busted up to see Chaney go. So long as we keep Pittboss.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:05 pm to Lucius Clay
The problem is always that "could" is a tricky word. If there's a real possibility that he's going to leave, or that we're not going to renew his contract, let's hope things have been well planned for.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:07 pm to Lucius Clay
As long as Pittman stays then I’m fine with it
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:19 pm to Hobnail
I hope Chaney stays. He did a great job in 2017 and 2018, especially considering we had a freshman QB in 2017 and an inexperienced OL in 2018. If he leaves, my guess is that a lot of UGA fans will be unhappy with what happens in 2019.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:23 pm to Lucius Clay
Fat arse is a better OC than we give him credit for sometimes. Just look at the numbers.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:29 pm to Dawgholio
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Fat arse is a better OC than we give him credit for sometimes.
Or respect him for, apparently.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:34 pm to FaCubeItches
Chaney is a good OC just like Richt was a good HC but I don't believe we will never win a NC with his offense; just way too predictable.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:37 pm to GurleyGirl
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we will never win a NC with his offense; just way too predictable.
Been saying that since last year.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:38 pm to GurleyGirl
^ this. His offense went in a damn hole in both the SECCG and NCG last year. Not too hard to figure why. He was timid and predictable in both second halves.
This post was edited on 1/4/19 at 6:39 pm
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:44 pm to dhuck20
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Not too hard to figure why.
Not hard at all. Playing the best defense in college football with a freshman qb, and then with two or three freshmen OL will do that. People seem to think that you have a few mediocre games against defenses like LSU and Bama that the OC sucks. Good luck finding one that does any better under similar circumstances.
And the Texas game was not Chaney's issue, if anybody wants to point fingers for that one it has to go over Chaney's head straight the head man. He's the one in charge of getting the team's mind focused on the task at hand.
This post was edited on 1/4/19 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:49 pm to Lucius Clay
I don’t believe the scuttle about Chaney leaving at this point.
I will say that I would be happy to see a change at this position if I thought it would be accompanied by an actual evolution in offensive philosophy, but I’m in the camp that thinks the majority of our offensive identity, including gameplan and personnel, is dictated by Kirby Smart.
Until we adapt some killer instinct on O, we will struggle in big moments regardless of who calls plays.
Just my opinion...tough day for Dawg fans.
I will say that I would be happy to see a change at this position if I thought it would be accompanied by an actual evolution in offensive philosophy, but I’m in the camp that thinks the majority of our offensive identity, including gameplan and personnel, is dictated by Kirby Smart.
Until we adapt some killer instinct on O, we will struggle in big moments regardless of who calls plays.
Just my opinion...tough day for Dawg fans.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:56 pm to NCDawg52
We do not need the disruption of a new OC next year.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:59 pm to GurleyGirl
Sark still available? LOL
Posted on 1/4/19 at 7:02 pm to NCDawg52
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Until we adapt some killer instinct on O, we will struggle in big moments regardless of who calls plays.
We should hire an OC who has that killer instinct vs Alabama in big moments. Maybe the guy from Clemson. He did well in 2016 with Watson, but only had 188 yds and 6 points in the playoffs against Bama last year (Chaney had 365 yds and 23 points in the final). How about Washington's OC, 194 yds and 7 points in the 2016 playoffs?
In 2018, Chaney had 454 yds and 28 points against Bama. Oklahoma, with one of the most productive offenses in the country had 471 and 34, but Bama was playing passive after the first quarter. Arkansas 405 and 34 points in a blowout. Everybody else was worse than stodgy old Jim Chaney. Killer instinct is a lot easier said than done when you're facing great defenses.
This post was edited on 1/4/19 at 7:04 pm
Posted on 1/4/19 at 7:07 pm to wdhalgren
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wdhalgren
I have far less disagreement with you than you assume.
My gripe with our offense isn’t personnel, and it isn’t scheme per se.
Rewatch this years SECCG if you can stomach it (I have to accompany it with a few drinks)...around 4:30 remaining in the second quarter we slow down the offense big time. We had a lead and were trying to shift to a more ball control look to speed the proceedings along.
Prior to that mark, we were in a rhythm unlike anything we had seen all year. Fromm was playing out of his mind, the line was clicking, everyone was confident and the ball was moving.
We never found the rhythm again. When we needed ONE drive in the fourth quarter, we couldn’t do it.
That’s what I’m talking about. Similar story for the CFPNCG last year as well. It’s also why I’m not advocating an OC change. I don’t think we would see benefit, because the things that are holding us back come from over the OC’s head.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 7:15 pm to wdhalgren
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Not hard at all. Playing the best defense in college football with a freshman qb, and then with two or three freshmen OL will do that. People seem to think that you have a few mediocre games against defenses like LSU and Bama that the OC sucks. Good luck finding one that does any better under similar circumstances.
Both games the offense was humming along in the first half. Could’ve been Kirby’s decision to take the foot off the gas (I don’t think so) but he was just so predictable. Another TD or maybe even a good sustained drive could have been the difference in both games.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 7:15 pm to NCDawg52
I agree that some of what Chaney does follow's Kirby's principle. Kirby's a relatively inexperienced HC and he makes bad decisions too. I think he needs a very experienced OC who he can trust to make the best decisions, and I hope he learns to do that a bit more often. Chaney may not be the best we can do, but I'm just as leery of coordinators who have a wide open, high scoring scheme. They tend to fail in tough moments too.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 7:19 pm to NCDawg52
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That’s what I’m talking about. Similar story for the CFPNCG last year as well. It’s also why I’m not advocating an OC change. I don’t think we would see benefit, because the things that are holding us back come from over the OC’s head.
Exactly. Think back to the old FSU days with Bobby B. He had the step on their throats mentality, never laid off the gas, and you'd see them score into the 60's and 70's routinely (the "style points" era).
We had almost 15 years of first-hand knowledge that all that was coming from him and not his OC at the time.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 7:21 pm to Lucius Clay
I thought this would be some jouranlist hot take...
Chaney wasn't your top choice anyways. Coley has some experience calling plays at FSU and Miami. With all that South Florida talent, I'd try to keep that guy happy.
Chaney wasn't your top choice anyways. Coley has some experience calling plays at FSU and Miami. With all that South Florida talent, I'd try to keep that guy happy.
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