Tuberville Rumors?

[AUTiger1]

I'm not convinced they know what they are looking for at UVA. The Temple coach has ties to the school is what I've heard.

Someone correct me if I am wrong.....but isn't Tuberville and the UVA president old friends?  I honestly would be shocked if he isn't coaching there next season, but with what goes with coaching searches now, who knows?

[Come Honor Face]

I figured he'd be going to Louisville or some shit.  Seems like that school would be a better fit than VA, but then again VA really doesn't come with much expectations.

[AUJarhead]

I've been hearing him going to UVA since Sept.  Although I think they would be dumb to not hire the Richmond coach.

One of my coworkers played football at UVa in the mid-80s, and he told me that Tubs name was being mentioned right after UVa lost to William & Mary.

[Thrilla]

Anybody hearing anything? 

Today's entry:  He will replace Willie Martinez as DC at thUGA.  Comes from an older guy with ties to their program that keeps his ears to da skreets.  He's half full of shit, and half full of truth, but I just can't see Tubs being anything but a HC.

Update said rumors here, if you please.

Joe Schad from ESPN Radio just tweeted (about 30 minutes ago) that Willie Martinez will not be retained as UGA's DC.  Next,  AM 680 the Fan (Sports Radio here in Atlanta) broadcasts this info.

Hmmmm....

[Thrilla]

Joe Schad from ESPN Radio just tweeted (about 30 minutes ago) that Willie Martinez will not be retained as UGA's DC.  Next,  AM 680 the Fan (Sports Radio here in Atlanta) broadcasts this info.

Hmmmm....

And then Chuck Oliver comes on and says Tubs would never take the job...     

[RWS]

Joe Schad from ESPN Radio just tweeted (about 30 minutes ago) that Willie Martinez will not be retained as UGA's DC. 

UGA fans everywhere are rejoicing, I'm sure.

[jadennis]

The UCF thing is interesting, but since they just went 8-4, I don't see the job being open.  Especially since they just beat Houston down the stretch and their losses were to Texas, Miami, East Carolina, and Southern Miss...two completely expected and two acceptable.

Virginia is everyone's obvious option, but the Temple coach may very well have that job in the bag (he's their former defensive coordinator).  Under Golden, Temple has gone from 1-11, to 4-8, to 5-7, to 9-3.  Add to that the fact that he's only about 40 years old, and he's sure to be one of their top picks.

Of course, he played tight end at Penn State...is there a chance he waits a year or two for a shot at the Penn State job?  I could see them wanting to hire someone young and try to keep them for 40 years again.

I like the Paul Johnson to Notre Dame and Tuberville to Georgia Tech idea.  You can recruit to Atlanta and he knows Georgia and Florida well.  

[The Prowler]

Martinez out as Defensive Coordinator
along with two others

After weeks of speculation, Georgia coach Mark Richt has announced changes to his defensive staff.
Wednesday, Richt announced that defensive coordinator and secondary coach Willie Martinez, defensive co-coordinator and linebacker coach John Jancek, and defensive ends coach Jon Fabris will not return in 2010. All three have been asked to coach through the bowl game.

"I cannot express enough my thanks to all three for their contributions to our program," said Richt. "However, in the final analysis I¹m charged with providing the leadership and direction for the Georgia program and sometimes that means making difficult decisions. This was one of them."

Martinez and Fabris are members of Richt¹s original staff that came in 2001. Jancek joined the Georgia staff in 2005.

Martinez drew considerable fire from fans after his defenses scuffled mightily the past two seasons, including the just-completed 2009 campaign which saw the Bulldogs (7-5) finish 10th in the SEC in scoring defense (26.4 points), seventh in total defense (328.4), third in rushing defense (127.6) and 10th in passing defense (200.8).

Martinez was promoted to Defensive Coordinator in 2005 after serving four years as part of Richt's original staff as secondary coach at UGA. He had previously served three years as the secondary coach at Central Michigan University and the assistant head coach in 2000 before joining Richt at Georgia.

During his seven years at UGA, he has been part of a staff that has led Georgia to 79 victories, two championships, three SEC Eastern Division titles, five bowl victories, and five top ten finishes in the final national polls including No. 2 in 2007. Martinez' 2006 Georgia defense ranked 8th nationally in total defense, 5th in pass defense and 1st in the SEC in third down efficiency.

Fabris has also been with Richt since the beginning of his Georgia tenure.

Prior to coming to Athens, Fabris coached a year with the Cleveland Browns following a stint at South Carolina.

He also served as an assistant at Kansas State, Notre Dame, Iowa State and Washington State.

Jancek joined the Bulldog staff in January of 2005 after serving as the defensive coordinator at Central Michigan. He assumed the additional duties of defensive co-coordinator earlier this year.

http://uga.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1023820

[Townhallsavoy]

Kinda scary if you ask me.  Georgia with a defense might have won the NC a few years ago.  Actually, I think UGA has had championship caliber talent for years now, but their defense has been swiss cheese since 2005. 

[AUChizad]

If this goes down as insinuated in this thread, motherfuck Tuberville.

Kevin, you just thought there was bad blood toward him coming from the general fanbase (which at present, there's not).

Let him take a step down as DC of our second biggest rival.

There will be no statues outside the stadium or anything named after him, to say the least.

[The Prowler]

If this goes down as insinuated in this thread, motherfuck Tuberville.

Kevin, you just thought there was bad blood toward him coming from the general fanbase (which at present, there's not).

Let him take a step down as OC DC of our second biggest rival.

There will be no statues outside the stadium or anything named after him, to say the least.

FTFY

[AUChizad]

FTFY

Yeah, I meant to bend that left side of the O in a little.

I think faster than I type sometimes. Especially when dealing with acronyms.

TIFFWIW.

[Kaos]

If this goes down as insinuated in this thread, motherphuk Tuberville.

Kevin, you just thought there was bad blood toward him coming from the general fanbase (which at present, there's not).

Let him take a step down as DC of our second biggest rival.

There will be no statues outside the stadium or anything named after him, to say the least.

I can't see any way in the world that will happen.  If he takes a coordinator position it will be in the pros. 

If that's the direction he goes, I'll be the first in line throwing dogshit at the door of his house. 

[boartitz]

Tubby ain't taking an assistant job in the SEC. Or anywhere else. That's crazy talk.

[GH2001]

Tubby ain't taking an assistant job in the SEC. Or anywhere else. That's crazy talk.

THIS

He would have to be desperate. He is not. Ga fans need to get over themselves.