Georgia football: Jim Chaney’s departure both good and bad

Georgia football lost it’s offensive coordinator this week with Jim Chaney returning to Tennessee and his departure is both good and bad.

Well, that certainly escalated quickly. Less than a week after Georgia had lost in disappointing fashion to Texas in the Sugar Bowl and its offensive coordinator Jim Chaney was heading out of the door. Chaney has agreed to become to the coordinator at Tennessee, a job he previously held between 2009 and 2012. It was initially surprised that the Georgia football program would let someone like Chaney get away, especially to a rival. However, if reports are to be believed, the Vols threw a whole lot of money at Chaney and the Dawgs decided not to match it.

Some Georgia fans are going to be dancing in the streets. The fact is that being an offensive coordinator is one of the worst jobs in college football these days. Even when you have an offense that puts up 38 points a game, fans still seem to hate you. The fact is that Chaney is a good coordinator and the Dawgs are losing Kirby Smart’s first offensive hire. They also have to deal with a swirling rumor that ESPN started to spread that there was a rift between Chaney and James Coley. Once again, the Dawgs are left to managing a PR campaign, which seems to be what Kirby Smart has been stuck doing since December.

That’s not necessarily a good thing, despite a few bad offensive performances over the past couple of years. So let’s take a look at the good and the bad behind this move. I like to end things on a high so we’re going to start with the negatives.