Hey folks - as a member of the DawgNation community, please remember to abide by simple rules of civil engagement with other members:
- Please no inappropriate usernames (remember that there may be youngsters in the room)
- Personal attacks on other community members are unacceptable, practice the good manners your mama taught you when engaging with fellow Dawg fans
- Use common sense and respect personal differences in the community: sexual and other inappropriate language or imagery, political rants and belittling the opinions of others will get your posts deleted and result in warnings and/ or banning from the forum
- 3/17/19 UPDATE -- We've updated the permissions for our "Football" and "Commit to the G" recruiting message boards. We aim to be the best free board out there and that has not changed. We do now ask that all of you good people register as a member of our forum in order to see the sugar that is falling from our skies, so to speak.
- Please no inappropriate usernames (remember that there may be youngsters in the room)
- Personal attacks on other community members are unacceptable, practice the good manners your mama taught you when engaging with fellow Dawg fans
- Use common sense and respect personal differences in the community: sexual and other inappropriate language or imagery, political rants and belittling the opinions of others will get your posts deleted and result in warnings and/ or banning from the forum
- 3/17/19 UPDATE -- We've updated the permissions for our "Football" and "Commit to the G" recruiting message boards. We aim to be the best free board out there and that has not changed. We do now ask that all of you good people register as a member of our forum in order to see the sugar that is falling from our skies, so to speak.
Comments
Indeed, Coach Smart has focused and honed the mental and physical toughness of every UGA player. To succeed in sports as well as, and even more in life, nothing less will do. Having been raised a coach's son, I am sure he learned this from his dad as well as the balance of love and caring for every player. Having grown up in Athens in the 50's and 60's and being a student at UGA in the early 70's, I can attest, toughness has long been a tradition and requirement for any Bull Dawg student athlete. I mention with great memories, Wally Butts, Vince Dooley, Erk Russell and the toughest man I ever knew, Coach Mike Castronis. Kirby Smart not only carries on the standard but has enshrined it as the standard for anyone aspiring to become a DGD!
This is a really good read, thank you Connor, for great insight on the dawg program! GO DAWGS!
I chuckle when I hear members of the national press comparing UGA to Bama and Kirby to Saban. Bama has not been the same since Kirby left, especially on defense. Saban may have been the brain, but Kirby was the heart and soul of the Tide
A player saying UGA is much more physical than Bama is very telling. It took a few years for Kirby to establish his culture of being the biggest and baddest regardless of who is across the line of scrimmage, but now, it’s every other team, including Bama, wanting to match Georgia’s toughness and physicality that Kirby has preached from day one.
Kirby, are you my old Marine Corps drill instructor reincarnated? Go Dawgs!
Got some down votes. Understand, I know it's on me. I just need to get over it.
Oldddawg…I’ve been watching the Dawgs since the mid 50’s (when you could get them on tv back then) or listened to them on the radio and there’s never been a better time to be a Dawg fan. Grab a beer, kick back and enjoy the ride! It’s going to get even better.
Go Dawgs!!
Amen. EVERYONE enjoy this ride as much as possible while it is happening. Kirby has got this. ITS SHOULD BE A VERY LONG RIDE! And it appears Kirby has got this, about as well as the best coaches in history. What if he wins his 2nd natty this year? He is only 47...
80, 81, 82 was the best run I ever witnessed UGA have. Then upset Texas in the Cotton Bowl the year after Herschel left in '83. We might be about to eclipse that run this season.
And for what UGA does not have this year, it makes up for in so many other ways. First and foremost, other than the players, is the fantastic coaching staff top to bottom. Throw in all in this article, the culture and atmosphere, physicality, competition, iron sharpening iron, player development, the identity, all that overcomes most other areas of weakness against most opponents and we are seeing it. Offensive play-calling and game planning too. I mean just WOW.
Our biggest test I think will be against a very good defensive team(duh), with a good offense too, that is able to stop our run and make Stetson and Monkin score enough against them. IMO.
But just wait until the WR room is loaded to go with the best TE's in the nation coming every year. Kirby may just challenge Saban's Natty record. Especially if he wins another 1 or 2 soon. Fact. Again, look at what he has built and he is only 47 years old. So let's ALL KNOW what we are witnessing and enjoy every second. Maybe for the next 20-25 years.