Lateral move news

There have been whispers about this for a while and it’s finally come to fruition.

LSU is set to hire Georgia’s Cortez Hankton as wide receivers coach, sources tell @on3sports.

Hankton, a Louisiana native and former NFL wide receiver, has been at Georgia since 2018 and has also been the Bulldogs’ pass game coordinator.https://t.co/k5bN5NhJoE

— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) January 16, 2022

Jake Rowe confirmed it on the Georgia side.

Hankton’s a Louisiana native, so I can see why the change would be attractive for him.  And I give him credit for doing a solid job with player development.  Georgia’s three-star freshmen wideouts outplayed their more highly-ranked counterparts when it counted last Monday night.  Best of luck to him.

That being said, this gives Smart a chance to realign his offensive staff more favorably, in that Monken’s position specialty has been wide receivers, not quarterbacks.  Finding a dynamic quarterbacks coach who can recruit would be an upgrade, as far as I’m concerned.

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Okay, who did it better?

Kirby Smart, yesterday…

I feel like this .gif could reach Kirby popcorn .gif levels.#GoDawgs 🏆 pic.twitter.com/PHtlz9tgfB

— Logan Booker (@LoganMBooker) January 16, 2022

… or Kool Aid Man?

Zero-calorie trolling

I got a number of emails and messages about this tweet:

Georgia was overall the best team all year and so a worthy champ, but the funny thing is there are at least a couple of active head coaches who could’ve taken the same roster and had a better team. I doubt anyone thinks they actually maxed out their potential. https://t.co/YoZJ699yEE

— David Wunderlich (@Year2) January 15, 2022

David got dunked on a fair amount yesterday for posting that, so needless to say, if his purpose was to troll Georgia fans, he succeeded.

As for me, there wasn’t any real outrage or offense taken, mainly because there was zero substance to his criticism.  Who are the active coaches he refers to?  How would they have made Georgia better?  For that matter, what exactly does “better” mean in the context of a team that went undefeated in the regular season, set a school record for wins in a season and won thirteen games by a margin of 15 or more points?

Bottom line, Gator fan’s gonna Gator fan.  It’s not worth getting worked up over.

Tell us you coach at your alma mater…

… without saying you coach at your alma mater.

GREAT VIDEO — check out Kirby Smart calling the Dawgs during the Dawg Walk into Sanford Stadium!
Through the lens of @bkfox5sports pic.twitter.com/dNjhWvvhbE

— Justin Felder (@Justin_FOX5) January 15, 2022

Victory lap

Ordinarily, I’d chalk this up to his ego…

Greg Sankey to the Georgia crowd: “As the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, I think the four-team Playoff worked out fine this year, didn’t you?”

— Seth Emerson (@SethWEmerson) January 15, 2022

… but since it’s in the service of a noble cause, I’ll let it slide.

All together now

You know what makes this picture even better?

Four former #Georgia coaches were in attendance to see #UGA's National Championship ceremony today.

All four still live in Athens. That says a lot about how special this community is and how much they love the #Dawgs.

Ray Goff, Mark Richt, Vince Dooley, Jim Donnan pic.twitter.com/7VzgXvJg3Z

— Radi Nabulsi (@RadiNabulsi) January 15, 2022

Michael Adams wasn’t in attendance.

Always be ‘crootin’, on steroids

Kirby being able to take pictures like this now is dangerous for the rest of CFB pic.twitter.com/z1NXTgXvYo

— Blayne Gilmer (@BGilmer18) January 15, 2022

Glory, glory

Raised by members of the 1980 national championship team…

𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙡𝙮#GoDawgs#NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/7xRdl7ptOw

— Georgia Football (@GeorgiaFootball) January 15, 2022

I only wish I could figure out how to display that full time as a widget on the side of my posts.