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01-05-2009, 03:32 PM
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#151 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Vol4ever  No it's quite simple....he played us for a raise. | how is it playing us. Had UGA not done something, he would be coaching for UT today.
He did exactly what any professional in the world should do. | 
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01-05-2009, 03:33 PM
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#153 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by General Jack 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. | 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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01-05-2009, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol 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. | 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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01-05-2009, 03:40 PM
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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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01-05-2009, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by billbattle 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. | 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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01-05-2009, 03:42 PM
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| 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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01-05-2009, 03:46 PM
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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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01-05-2009, 03:46 PM
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#159 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol 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. | 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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01-05-2009, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol I think he would have come here in a heartbeat. If Richt thought otherwise, he would have maintained the status quo. | 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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01-05-2009, 03:47 PM
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#161 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by billbattle 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? | don't know that answer, but I'm guessing something significant changed. | |
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01-05-2009, 03:48 PM
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#162 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Vol4ever No it's quite simple....he played us for a raise. | I thought CLK contacted Garner first. Garner seemed to respond in good faith. Apparently Georgia did not even meet our figure. Cannot call that playing us IMO.
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01-05-2009, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol don't know that answer, but I'm guessing something significant changed. | its all a ploy to smoke out midfielder's source....when the smoke clears Garner is a done deal. | |
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01-05-2009, 03:59 PM
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#164 (permalink)
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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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