UGA Coach Rodney Garner To Remain With Bulldogs

[orangepeel]

Originally Posted by T-TownVol

One can only dream.

I'm going to keep my feet on the ground,and keep reaching for the stars.

[T-TownVol]

Originally Posted by orangepeel

I'm going to keep my feet on the ground,and keep reaching for the stars.

"CHANGE" is coming!

[UGADawg4Life]

Originally Posted by T-TownVol

Once again, your wisdom is showing. Look under my avatar and see where I live.

I said he was elibible on paper. I never said GAC got in trouble for breaking any rules. He did make the SAT requirement.

Now, answer my question as to why he transfered after his Jr year from the, in your own words, "football powerhouse" of Parkview. When I called GAC a football powerhouse it was tounge in cheek because they are not. What GAC IS, can in no way be concidered an elite academic school. Which is why King chose to transfer there. Not Westminster, not Pace, not ANY of the truly academic private schools in ATL area.

I WILL believe the faculty member of GAC that told me he should never have been admitted into GAC because of his grades. I WILL believe the GAC faculty member that told me he was "helped along" in his studies.

Good luck to your son in his school.

Westminster and Pace are way out of the price range for most families, and they're in different areas of town from where he lives. I don't know why he transferred and neither do you, we're both speculating. I do know this for a fact though, since I've been through the process, the GHSA is very, very, very strict on these issues. They investigate EVERY case of transfers with a fine tooth comb when it comes to athletics. My son had to play jv soccer his jr year after transferring, even though he would have been a star on the varsity. We did everything we could to get GHSA to allow him to play but they would not bend one iota. He's now in his sr year and headed on to college to play. Now when I see where a kid transferred in GA, I know that it's above board. King transferred, he made his grades, he passed his SAT and he's at UGA, where I'd bet he will be very successful. Our debating won't change any of those facts. Thanks for the well wishes for my son. Good luck to the Vols on '09, except for one game.

[GAVol]

I'm sure it was probably just a matter of a private school "recruiting" a player in return for tuition help and getting them out of the public school system.

[T-TownVol]

There was not GHSA investigation because he left Parkview with the blessing of the AD and football coach. Why did they release their star player you might ask? Because he would not have been eligible to play his senior year and the AD knew that would hurt his college offers.
I have met Caleb, he is a great young man. I wish him well. But, to believe that the private schools in GA do not know how to "skirt" the rules and make sure all the paperwork is filled out properly, is just ignorance.

[dickens821]

Originally Posted by T-TownVol

There was not GHSA investigation because he left Parkview with the blessing of the AD and football coach. Why did they release their star player you might ask? Because he would not have been eligible to play his senior year and the AD knew that would hurt his college offers.
I have met Caleb, he is a great young man. I wish him well. But, to believe that the private schools in GA do not know how to "skirt" the rules and make sure all the paperwork is filled out properly, is just ignorance.

the private schools in every state know how to skirt the rules.

[UGADawg4Life]

Originally Posted by T-TownVol

There was not GHSA investigation because he left Parkview with the blessing of the AD and football coach. Why did they release their star player you might ask? Because he would not have been eligible to play his senior year and the AD knew that would hurt his college offers.
I have met Caleb, he is a great young man. I wish him well. But, to believe that the private schools in GA do not know how to "skirt" the rules and make sure all the paperwork is filled out properly, is just ignorance.

I live in GA and I've been through the process with my son in transferring from a lage public high school to a Christian private school, and I've seen how the GHSA investigates EVERY transfer to the nth degree. But apparently some of you know more about this process than I do.

[T-TownVol]

Originally Posted by UGADawg4Life

I live in GA and I've been through the process with my son in transferring from a lage public high school to a Christian private school, and I've seen how the GHSA investigates EVERY transfer to the nth degree. But apparently some of you know more about this process than I do.

I live in GA also. I am an athletic equipment supplier to every major school system in GA. I an very well "plugged in" to the GHSA and athletics in GA.

I understand that you and your son went through an "nth degree", I am beginning to like that phrase, process. This process must have been triggered by a formal complaint from the AD at your son's public school. When the school that a player is leaving gives written approval of the transfer, it is no big deal as far as the GHSA is concerned. So, yes, I probably do know more about the overall process, not your individual process, than you do.

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by dickens821

the private schools in every state know how to skirt the rules.

without a doubt.

[Jaytrain5]

Any chance Gruden picks up Garner on his drive to work from Tampa to Knoxville this week?

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by Jaytrain5

Any chance Gruden picks up Garner on his drive to work from Tampa to Knoxville this week?

Gruden leaving Tampa?

[Jaytrain5]

Originally Posted by BigPapaVol

Gruden leaving Tampa?

Right now it's just a bunch of rumors, no confirmation....but, where there's smoke, there's usually fire.