I’M LEAVING UGA” Kirby Smart accepted $120.80million+ coaching staff contract to depart from the Georgia Bulldogs Football
I’M LEAVING UGA” Kirby Smart accepted $120.80million+ coaching staff contract to depart from the Georgia Bulldogs Football
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How dangerous is new Georgia Bulldogs football coach Kirby Smart?
If one could franchise The Process®, Athens might be the first pure offshoot of the Nick Saban system. Will it take?
Mark Richt is a good man. He is also a good football coach. But that is all he is: good. He was never going to reach greatness at Georgia and probably won’t at Miami or wherever he lands in five or six years after he is canned in south Florida. It was time for UGA to make a change.
Kirby Smart was that change. He has breathed new life into the program at a time when it needed it the most. He should win a lot of games in Athens but how dangerous is Kirby Smart as the new head coach for the Georgia Bulldogs?
PEDIGREE
If serving under a head coach is like going to college, then Kirby Smart graduated from Harvard with honors. He got his first major assistant job under Nick Saban at LSU as secondary coach in 2004. After a year coaching running backs (?) at Georgia, he rejoined Saban with the Miami Dolphins, and followed him to Alabama. There he served as secondary coach for a year before being promoted to defensive coordinator, a title he carried for eight seasons and four National Championships. If there is anyone who has learned more about The Process® than Nick Saban himself, it is Kirby Smart.
It is hard to say how important it was to hire a former UGA player, but Smart fills that bill. Not only did he play for the Dawgs. He was a pretty darn good player. As a defensive back, he was a first-team All-SEC selection as a senior and finished his career with 13 interceptions.
ASSISTANTS
One of the most important things
