Per Finebaum-Rift between Coach Saban and smart:link

jashleyren2 said:

Kirby is perfectly suited for a program like UGA. They will eternally come up short, sometimes JUST short, as we have all seen and been grateful for. They are always a tough out, and having to play Alabama in two straight high stakes, national title on the line games, and coming up lame, just adds ONE MORE SCHOOL to the growing list of people who call themselves "rivals to Alabama". Frankly, it's getting old. And now that they have worked a deal to move the Auburn game in the schedule, they are clearly trying to position themselves for plenty of rest before potentially playing the Tide in Atlanta every season.

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CoastGhost said:

Agreed that Kirby is now the enemy. What did we expect him to do? Should he have found some magical way to purge his intimate knowledge of our recruiting? Should he not compete as hard as possible for recruits? This does not seem to be the same level of cheesy as Phatimus or the Barn feeding recruits rumors of NCAA santions or telling flat-out lies to scare recruits away. And if Kirby is truly making our third-tier recuits his first-tier recruits, we will continue to keep UGA under our thumb as long as he and Saban are in place ... problem solved - I suggest sending him a list of next years third-tier recruits.

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CoastGhost said:

Agreed that Kirby is now the enemy. What did we expect him to do? Should he have found some magical way to purge his intimate knowledge of our recruiting? Should he not compete as hard as possible for recruits? This does not seem to be the same level of cheesy as Phatimus or the Barn feeding recruits rumors of NCAA santions or telling flat-out lies to scare recruits away. And if Kirby is truly making our third-tier recuits his first-tier recruits, we will continue to keep UGA under our thumb as long as he and Saban are in place ... problem solved - I suggest sending him a list of next years third-tier recruits.

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81usaf92 said:

I’ve not ever been on the “Kirby is the heir apparent” bandwagon when he was here, and after talking to several defensive players from 2011-2016 I really started to be adamant against it. They basically said the outside opinions of Kirby and Pruitt are actually the opposite from what they really are. Kirby is the egotistical hothead that thinks he is God’s gift to football and Pruitt is the guy you want to run through a wall for.

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DawgAlum2054 said:

While I understand the hostility, the problems that Pruitt caused at UGA are pretty massive.

Let's not forget that Pruitt was DC for FSU i n 2013 when FSU won the national championship. He immediately packed his bags and made a LATERAL move to be the DC at UGA. With no ties to UGA, why would you leave FSU?? looking back it may have been one of Pruitt's biggest mistakes, if he had stayed there he would have been a top candidate to take Jimbo's place. Still, the reason for his departure and making a lateral move after being the DC for the BCS championship team was due to hostility, being a hot head, etc.

https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/07/18/tennessee-jeremy-pruitt-georgia-mark-richt

Pruitt's time under Richt also had a lot of controversy.

I do not think it is much of a secret that Kirby and Pruitt did not get along well, also as evidence of kirby not keeping Pruitt on staff. Regardless, Pruitt has done a lot of moving around and each time there has been controversy and Pruitt has remained a common denominator

I am not here to try to defend Kirby in any hostility between him and Saban, I do believe they are cordial but I am sure there is some tension and probably rightfully so. I am not here to try to say that Kirby is better than saban or any other BS. I am just simply disagreeing with the Pruitt/Smart comment. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I can understand how that someone may arrive at that conclusion... but truly follow Pruitts timeline and stories

take care, good luck in the west this season and hopefully Dawgs and Bama meet up in Atlanta

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DawgAlum2054 said:

While I understand the hostility, the problems that Pruitt caused at UGA are pretty massive.

Let's not forget that Pruitt was DC for FSU i n 2013 when FSU won the national championship. He immediately packed his bags and made a LATERAL move to be the DC at UGA. With no ties to UGA, why would you leave FSU?? looking back it may have been one of Pruitt's biggest mistakes, if he had stayed there he would have been a top candidate to take Jimbo's place. Still, the reason for his departure and making a lateral move after being the DC for the BCS championship team was due to hostility, being a hot head, etc.

https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/07/18/tennessee-jeremy-pruitt-georgia-mark-richt

Pruitt's time under Richt also had a lot of controversy.

I do not think it is much of a secret that Kirby and Pruitt did not get along well, also as evidence of kirby not keeping Pruitt on staff. Regardless, Pruitt has done a lot of moving around and each time there has been controversy and Pruitt has remained a common denominator

I am not here to try to defend Kirby in any hostility between him and Saban, I do believe they are cordial but I am sure there is some tension and probably rightfully so. I am not here to try to say that Kirby is better than saban or any other BS. I am just simply disagreeing with the Pruitt/Smart comment. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I can understand how that someone may arrive at that conclusion... but truly follow Pruitts timeline and stories

take care, good luck in the west this season and hopefully Dawgs and Bama meet up in Atlanta

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DawgByte said:

Kirby was asked about his relationship to Nick last week and he said they're still close. This seems to be more of an issue with Bama fans. On a purely personal level, I'd hope they're still friends given how much time they spent together. I know their wives were close too.

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RTR91 said:

Maybe they are, but what is he expected to say? “Yeah... after I took a picture of his recruiting board to use against him, nick got mad and won’t talk to me.”


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DawgAlum2054 said:

While I understand the hostility, the problems that Pruitt caused at UGA are pretty massive.

Let's not forget that Pruitt was DC for FSU i n 2013 when FSU won the national championship. He immediately packed his bags and made a LATERAL move to be the DC at UGA. With no ties to UGA, why would you leave FSU?? looking back it may have been one of Pruitt's biggest mistakes, if he had stayed there he would have been a top candidate to take Jimbo's place. Still, the reason for his departure and making a lateral move after being the DC for the BCS championship team was due to hostility, being a hot head, etc.

https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/07/18/tennessee-jeremy-pruitt-georgia-mark-richt

Pruitt's time under Richt also had a lot of controversy.

I do not think it is much of a secret that Kirby and Pruitt did not get along well, also as evidence of kirby not keeping Pruitt on staff. Regardless, Pruitt has done a lot of moving around and each time there has been controversy and Pruitt has remained a common denominator

I am not here to try to defend Kirby in any hostility between him and Saban, I do believe they are cordial but I am sure there is some tension and probably rightfully so. I am not here to try to say that Kirby is better than saban or any other BS. I am just simply disagreeing with the Pruitt/Smart comment. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I can understand how that someone may arrive at that conclusion... but truly follow Pruitts timeline and stories

take care, good luck in the west this season and hopefully Dawgs and Bama meet up in Atlanta

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DawgByte said:

Kirby was asked about his relationship to Nick last week and he said they're still close. This seems to be more of an issue with Bama fans. On a purely personal level, I'd hope they're still friends given how much time they spent together. I know their wives were close too.

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irNate said:

Richt and Pruitt didn't get a long because they had different ideas of work ethic. Pruitts was one of a Nick Saban type ethic, working until he was done. Richt was a 9-5 guy, making sure he took all government holidays and a few trips to the pool. It wasn't a matter of Kirby keeping Pruitt on staff, Pruitt took a step up as the DC at Alabama.

AS far as the Kirby/Pruitt comparison.... Does Pruitt have someone on staff with the specific job of keeping their hotheaded coach off the field because he can't control his emotions on the sideline? I get a kick out of some of my UGA friends who absolutely love the guy that holds Smarts belt.. but then out of the otherside of their mouth the think Saban is a classless jerk for showing emotion on the sidelines. But I don't blame that on them, after 20 years with a mediocre coach they thought was the 2nd coming of Jesus, that literally had no emotions at all.... Id feel the same way lol

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DawgAlum2054 said:

Why do you think Pruitt left a national championship team to make a lateral move to UGA from FSU?

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crimsonaudio said:

About that...

Richt's first three seasons at UGA: 32-8 (0.800 ) includes 1 division title, 1 conference title
Smart's first three seasons at UGA: 32-10 (0.761) includes 1 division title, 1 conference title

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DawgAlum2054 said:

I don't mind the intensity from Saban, Pruitt or Kirby and its not hard to see where it could be hard for those types of people to get along... too many chiefs and not enough indians. TN, UGA and Alabama all seem happy with their coaches right now

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Go Bama said:

Yep, and I’m pretty happy with Georgia’s coach right now.

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