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Recent history suggests fourth season as UGA coach could be pivotal for Kirby Smart
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Recent history suggests fourth season as UGA coach could be pivotal for Kirby Smart
Georgia football fans crave a national championship, and this season might be the year their wait comes to an end. However, the first step toward making that happen is for UGA coach Kirby Smart to lead the Bulldogs to a third-straight SEC East title. With that in mind, DawgNation is proud to present — in partnership
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Of course, Dawg fans want a national championship. The trajectory Kirby has the program on will certainly achieve that goal. As for me, I was tired of knowing that our bowl would be over before New Years. I was tired of spending late October and November pulling for our east competitors to lose for the Dawgs to have a chance to back into the SECCG. Kirby is doing nothing now that could not have been done 10 years ago. The brand was there. The recruiting base was there. The money was there. All we needed was a HC with some fire in his belly, a championship attitude, and the ability to sell, sell, sell the program to the administration, donors, recruits, and the fan base. Until we get that Natty, I am going to enjoy the ride of having my alma mater in the national championship conversation like no other time in history...even the Herschel years!
What he said 👇
It depends on whether or not Kirby made the right decisions as a hc. Did he hire the right personnel, did he play the right players and is his approach in developing players the right approach? I think he will be judged on some of those things and certainly when it comes to the qb position. As a fan, I have no idea what would have happened had Jacob Eason retained his position or if Justin Fields is a once in a life time type player but I do know that a national championship victory will put to rest any of those questions no matter what, so I'm pulling for Kirby to deliver in year four.
Own each game as it comes.
I can’t agree with your choice of words Brandon. The Dawg fan base didn’t grow tired of waiting, we grew tired of knowing on any given Saturday we might lose to an inferior opponent because they weren’t prepared for the game. We grew tired of hearing the same old rhetoric of how well they played when we as fans knew they weren’t motivated enough and properly prepared to win the game. We grew tired of the coaching staff taking their foot off the pedal and almost snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory. We grew tired of blind loyalty to players and coaches alike. Maybe we’re both saying the same thing but I just see it differently than what I read. Go Dawgs!
Kirby seems to have UGA on a good path, he just needs to evolve a little bit as a game day coach. A two score lead in the third quarter is not enough to shut the offense down, especially against an elite team. He's done it twice in a row against Alabama, let's hope he has learned from that. UGA is very close, just a little bit better game day coaching will probably deliver that NC that folks have been waiting on for so long now.