Several sites are reporting that Kentucky’s Eddie Gran was never offered a coordinator job at Georgia.
According to Mike Griffith of Dawgnation.com:
The Georgia football offensive coordinator position was never offered to Kentucky assistant coach Eddie Gran, who may have parlayed that perception into the leverage he needed to get a new contract with the Wildcats.
The report that Gran had gotten such an offer, which originated at Kentucky Sports Radio, was viewed as a curiousity in Georgia when it surfaced.
The Wildcats ranked 103rd in the nation in total offense the past two seasons — well behind UGA (18th).
A source in the Georgia athletic department told DawgNation on Thursday night that while Gran did have discussions about becoming a position coach with the Bulldogs, the offensive coordinator position was never on the table.
Chip Towers of that same site doesn’t believe Gran was offered a coordinator job at all:
My sources tell me it’s not accurate and it doesn’t make any sense to me, besides.
Then came this tweet from Gran himself a few minutes ago, which suggest he’s remaining with the Kentucky Wildcats:
Eddie Gran @CoachGran
I’m all in, #BBN! Let’s do this !
First of all, please know that, here at DawgNation, if there’s a report anywhere we’re going to let you know about it. That’s why we have a team of breaking news reporters who’s job it is to inform you if there’s anything out there that bears our attention — or yours. And, to be clear, Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio is somebody I consider a credible reporter. But I don’t for a second believe Gran was offered the Georgia OC job and certainly not “total control of the offense and $1.1 million.”
Mark Bradley of the Atlanta Journal Constitution wonders if Gran really said no to Georgia.
Matt Jones of KSR isn’t buying what the Georgia folks are saying. He says Gran was offered the job:
Kentucky Football has come a long way for it to be able to keep its Offensive Coordinator with an offer for the same job at Georgia
Says a lot about rise of the program
And if Georgia people say tonight Gran wasn’t offered, they are wrong. He was
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) January 10, 2019
