UGA blog finds new home
Morning all. As I’ve said a couple of times this week, we’re converting this blog over to a WordPress platform and it will be a permanent move the first of next week.
Those of you who are regulars probably know that I’m not what you’d call techno-wizard when it comes to these things. But from what I understand the technology offered in this new format should make the blogging and commenting experience better for all. Of course, I’ll be learning as we go along, too. But I’m hoping to provide more pictures and video and things like that which should bring the blog more to life.
Of course, this blog is nothing without all you guys so I want to heartily invite (read: beg) you to come over to the new site by CLICKING HERE ON THE NEW ADDRESS and save it in your browsers. As of Monday, Feb. 23rd, this will be the permanent home of the UGA blog you so love or, in the case of some of you, love to loathe. If you’d prefer to copy and paste or just memorize, the new address is: http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/.
See at the new place!
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Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Felton excited about the future
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ve got a story running in tomorrow’s paper on Georgia men’s basketball coach Dennis Felton. He opened up pretty good for me in an interview this week.
We talked about the player issues he’s had to tackle this year and the perception that he’s a tough disciplinarian and, of course, the overall progress of the program.
To summarize, he does not think he’s tough to play for, he admits that the Georgia job was a taller task than he initially imagined and said that he’s real excited about the future. He also said he expects to be in Athens a while.
Here’s a snippet:
“The truth is, I’m as excited as ever about what we’re doing and the potential and what we’re growing here and my opportunity to do something big and special here,” Felton said. “On top of that, I love living here. My family and I love Georgia, we love Athens, we love Atlanta. We love this part of the country, the lifestyle, the weather, what it means for our children. Everything.
“We’re building this magnificent facility next door. It’s going to be powerful for us… . The great thing is, there’s no place in the country with more ability than Georgia.”
Felton said he knows for a fact he’s in good standing with the UGA administration and the powers that be and is not at all worried about his future with the Bulldogs or contracts or any of that kind of stuff. I also talked to AD Damon Evans but you’ll have to read the story to find out what he said.
For the record, the Dogs are 17-12 overall this year, 8-8 in the SEC and the No. 5 team from the East for the SEC Tournament. In four seasons so far, Felton is 56-61 overall and 22-42 in SEC play.
So we know what Felton thinks. Let’s hear what you think.
