Kirby Smart Named UGA Coach?

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holdemvol said:
I have no clue if he will be successful or not, and neither do you. Your premise is if he has never done the job before, you don't believe he can. Newsflash: Saban and Meyer didn't begin their careers as head coaches.

Again, I think GA should have hired a proven HC, but his predecessor whom most of us think should have kept his job wasn't a proven HC either when he was hired.
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So just because his predecessor was able to win that must mean he's gonna do it to right? Must be that magic potion in Athens
 
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holdemvol said:
Fulmer, Richt, Jimbo, Jimmy Johnson, Dantonio, Cut, Bob Stoops, Chip Kelly...need I go on?
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What's the percentage of success from assistants jumping to HC. That's a few. There have been hundreds of them. And most of the ones that worked out just kept the ball rolling at the school they were at.

And is Kirby's ceiling better than what Richt was able to do?
 
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+1 on the whole next muschamp thing. No way this guy steps into a program like georgia with NO head coaching experience and wins. They will be down for a minute.
 
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Most of the examples used were offensive coordinators that made the jump successfully and you can argue the reasons but the track records of d-coordinators making the jump have not been successful especially ones making the leap out from under Saban, and that is the key to the whole discussion.
 
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The issues at Georgia have not necessarily been d-related but have been related to quarterback play. How is Kirby Smart going to correct qb play? They have already gone the "big name" oc route and it hasn't been great not to mention Richt has had a pretty track record of developing decent qb's in his career. This has mistake written all over it.
 
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Gramps said:
I don't understand how the Georgia AD thinks he is improving the program by firing Richt and hiring someone with zero HC experience.
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Gramps it's a huge mistake IMO. Kirby doesn't have the CEO mentality. He is kinda bla when you hear him speak.
 
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we did it with Kiffin and it failed, not because of the product, it failed because it wasn't a good fit, and we didn't protect ourselves. but had kiffin stayed, i firmly beleive we would have filled the void at the top of the SEC east over the past few years.

i think the ceiling is extremely high for Smart, and i think GA is a great place for him, especially early on. he'll be allowed a year or two of flex. but there's no doubt that GA provides a situation for a coach to be successful.

can/will he? don't know. Florida provided the same opportunity for Zook and Muschamp, and they couldn't do it.
 
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VolsNSkinsFan said:
Gramps it's a huge mistake IMO. Kirby doesn't have the CEO mentality. He is kinda bla when you hear him speak.
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How are the GA fans you are associated with reacting to this hire?

Georgia is one of the top jobs in the country, they set the bar extremely low by hiring Smart, imo.
 
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getyopopcornready said:
So just because his predecessor was able to win that must mean he's gonna do it to right? Must be that magic potion in Athens
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I have not once said I think he will win, only that we don't know. I have repeatedly stayed I think they could have made a better hire.
 
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UGA showed Richt the door. A man with a 75% winning record. Will they be patient enough with a coach that hasn't proven himself? I doubt it. I'm glad they made this hire. IMO Georgia will go through some hard times. Saban lost another coordinator, so we'll find out if Kirby was really running the show on D or if he was another one of Saban's puppets.
 
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https://www.dawgnation.com/

The Lovefest for Kirby Smart has begun!

As Vols, we've seen this before with both Kiffin, Dooley and even Butch. Looking here, you'd have to believe this has HELPED recruiting at UGA. Not a single negative article here (today (12-2-15)- I realize this thread may survive longer than today and the link will have new stuff there).

Richt is an afterthought now, with the exception of one article that wants him to run for Governor.

There is a lot of sunshine being pumped today at Dawgnation. A little scary if you drink the koolaid here.
The Negadawgs got what they wanted.

Just how good a hire is this? Should we be concerned??
 
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getyopopcornready said:
What's the percentage of success from assistants jumping to HC. That's a few. There have been hundreds of them. And most of the ones that worked out just kept the ball rolling at the school they were at.

And is Kirby's ceiling better than what Richt was able to do?
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What's the intermediary step between assistant and HC? How does one become a HC without being an assistant first? Is it a lineage job where they're born into a HC?
 
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Those wacky UGA fans, getting excited about a native son coming home to run the football program....

Smart's success will begin and end with his ability to keep all that in-state HS talent from crossing the border, and continuing to cherry pick the Staffords and Easons from elsewhere.
 
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landscapingvol said:
Most of the examples used were offensive coordinators that made the jump successfully and you can argue the reasons but the track records of d-coordinators making the jump have not been successful especially ones making the leap out from under Saban, and that is the key to the whole discussion.
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One defensive guy under Saban has been a HC. That's a long track record of failure.
 
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