You also have to think that UGA leaked this to shore up wide cracks in their recruiting class, including their saviour quarterback.You gotta think CNS, nor CKS is happy about this dropping tonight. There's a lot of our players that seem shocked and unhappy about hearing this.
i might actually suffocate from laughing so hard if that happensOf course, it's possible that the AJC shot the whole deal in the foot by jumping the gun and CKS stays because of it. Everything we're seeing could be pure crap.
If you have to go, bud, I can't think of a better way!i might actually suffocate from laughing so hard if that happens
agreed. uga has been desperate to get some coverage of something beside how lame they have become.You also have to think that UGA leaked this to shore up wide cracks in their recruiting class, including their saviour quarterback.
In the meantime, Kirby Smart has more than earned our faith that he will do the right thing here.
Playoff football complicates that. If he leaves after Saturday, so be it, because he almost certainly will have done it with the full blessings of his mentor, friend and current boss.
I think that the top tier jobs tend to be more demanding. A smaller program isn't as involved in top recruits, they have more to gain from someone getting a ring to put on their finger. I just don't see a job like Georgia waiting around for a guy to finish coaching through the playoffs. I think if Smart is the guy, he'll coach the SECCG and then move on. And... I can't blame him.I fully expect that he will coach you through the playoffs. Herman did it last year, so there is precedent even with this system.
You don't ignore when mama calls. You come running home.
Tough to lose him but he earned this and gave us nearly a decade's worth of great work.
If Smart is their guy, and by all accounts he is, they will wait for him. Having him signed would be the critical part. They would not want to wait and hope until the middle of January. But if he can sign now but wait to start, and he is their guy, they will wait.I think that the top tier jobs tend to be more demanding. A smaller program isn't as involved in top recruits, they have more to gain from someone getting a ring to put on their finger. I just don't see a job like Georgia waiting around for a guy to finish coaching through the playoffs. I think if Smart is the guy, he'll coach the SECCG and then move on. And... I can't blame him.
I think it's funny how it went from UGA would have to wait until after the SECCG to interview Smart to Smart has the job.agreed. uga has been desperate to get some coverage of something beside how lame they have become.
I do not believe that he has interviewed. If he has, Saban lied, and I think that Saban has learned not to lie in front of cameras.I think it's funny how it went from UGA would have to wait until after the SECCG to interview Smart to Smart has the job.
Well, yeah there are two things to that. One is that Saban could be mislead. It's possible, but not likely with Kirby Smart (I can't remember if they have to ask permission to interview, but I'm sure there are ways around that). The other is that Georgia is so comfortable and they know Smart so well that they simply might have skipped the interview process entirely. Alabama made the mistake once of interviewing instead of outright hiring Bobby Bowden, Georgia could have been wiser in that regard.I do not believe that he has interviewed. If he has, Saban lied, and I think that Saban has learned not to lie in front of cameras.
But that doesn't mean that there isn't a deal on the table - agents.
You may be right, but as I said before, taking a job like Houston is not like UGA. Recruiting in the SEC is such a cut throat thing, Kirby would be putting himself behind the 8 ball out if the gate if he doesn't get a staff in place as soon as he can and start having them build relationships with their class.If Smart is their guy, and by all accounts he is, they will wait for him. Having him signed would be the critical part. They would not want to wait and hope until the middle of January. But if he can sign now but wait to start, and he is their guy, they will wait.
They just wasted 15 years with the wrong guy. You wait for the right guy. Think Alabama/Saban.
I will be very surprised if Kirby coaches Bama through the playoffs. Do you think OSU would wait or that UM would really want him around, if OSU were to hire a new head coach from Michigan? I just don't see it because of the strong conflict of interest, especially with respect to recruiting. I also don't see a new head coach giving up a month of recruiting for his new school.If Smart is their guy, and by all accounts he is, they will wait for him. Having him signed would be the critical part. They would not want to wait and hope until the middle of January. But if he can sign now but wait to start, and he is their guy, they will wait.
They just wasted 15 years with the wrong guy. You wait for the right guy. Think Alabama/Saban.