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Former Alabama RB Mark Ingram on Kirby Smart shove: ‘I would’ve tried to beat Kirby’s a**’
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Former Alabama RB Mark Ingram on Kirby Smart shove: ‘I would’ve tried to beat Kirby’s a**’
In the days since Georgia head coach Kirby Smart shoved Mississippi State quarterback Michael Van Buren, it’s become obvious that Smart is incredibly lucky the situation was not worse.
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Ingram is an idiot. Sure, beat up a coach and see how long YOU are a part of that team. Dumbass response on his part. This rationale is why this country is a mess….with that 'Nobody disrespects ME' (tude)!! Ingram would probably beat up some college kid for spilling his drink at a bar or if I bumped into him a publix - I'd get KO'd in isle 15 lol!!
Honest mistake. What an idiot response! So, over the top!. THat attitude leads to the **** mentality and to murders.
Wouldn't want to cut Ingram off in traffic, might not make it home!
Ingram is a real man. Nobody is going to mess with that tough guy; he'll go Ray Lewis on you. And that Urban Meyers, what a great human being he is. What a great podcast that must be with them sharing their wisdom to the world.
What Kirby did was an accident. He called the coach and player to apologize. Neither had an issue with what happened. Case closed. Move on.
The Mississippi State kid reacted appropriately. He looked back in a confused way, which I would have also because who is expecting a coach to shove? I may have been mad a bit after but the initial shock would have been there before I had a chance to think about it and then get mad. I might have still been angry after hearing Smart's initial comments. He did not handle it well in the beginning and gave reasons or intent rather than apologies. But,after he called and spoke to me, I would have understood. It happens and I would have said "OK, we're good".
An immediate retaliatory response like the one this clown ingram is talking about shows his true demeanor. A violent person just waiting for a reason to react.
Ingram sounds like a high school football player trying to sound tough to impress people. This is all being blown out of proportion and the MSU QB handled the situation perfectly.
No he wouldn't have. It's that simple. This is just a dude running his mouth because he's got a mouth to run.
If he’s on the Georgia sideline and goes after Kirby, he’d have been on the wrong side of that whoopin.
if you bumped into Mark Ingram on Aisle 15 at my Publix you would be in front of the ice cream. Being between him and a freezer full of ice cream is more dangerous than bumping into him. He’s going to run right through you.
No, @87dawg the Mississippi State player chose to take the high road but he was in no way obligated to. Had he taken exception to the shove and responded in kind, he would have been well within his rights and would have suffered no consequences. Instead, all of the consequences would have been had by Kirby Smart, and by any UGA player who took exception to Smart being shoved back and reacted. Shoving Smart back would have been canny gamesmanship. It would have resulted in a 15 yard penalty, a possible momentum shifter and a meltdown on the UGA sideline including possible ejections of UGA players. It is exactly the sort of thing that Bart Starr or Joe Namath would have pulled back in the day, though probably not the US Naval Academy graduate Roger Staubach.
Let me make this clear: while a coach is allowed a degree of physical contact with his own players, he has absolutely no right to put his hands on an opposing player. None. Zero. Zip. Kirby was 100% in the wrong here and completely indefensible. Kirby was EXTREMELY LUCKY that Van Buren didn't take exception or even just react in the heat of the moment. Van Buren wouldn't have had to knock Smart down, kick him in the gut a couple of times and then jump on top of him and pound him. All he would have had to do was to push Kirby back, or even scream at him verbally, and this entire thing plays out differently. Even pointing out in the postgame press conference how Kirby refused to apologize makes it a huge mess.
Kirby Smart is a 48 year old man making $13 million a year. He is the face of the University of Georgia, even more so than the president, and is Georgia's highest paid public employee, making more in a year than the governor gets for an 8 year term. He should not put himself into situations where he has to rely on a 20 year old from another team that he has just assaulted deciding to turn the other cheek when that 20 year old gains absolutely nothing by refusing to make it an issue but could have gotten a lot of mileage out of making it one. If you don't realize this, then you need to take a step back and ask yourself what is the color of the sky in your world.
No, @osmosiphobe it isn't that simple. Not only did Van Buren have every right to push Kirby back, doing so would have gotten Mississippi State an extra 15 yards at minimum. It is amazing how so many people are choosing to forget that a coach has absolutely zero rights to put his hands on another team's player, meaning that if a player chooses to take exception to having been assaulted by retaliating proportionally, it is well within that player's rights. And before anyone plays the "respect", "class" or "character" cards … point those in Kirby's direction and leave them there.
Mark Ingram can talk s**t, eh? First, I do not believe Kirby meant to shove the MSU player. When you're in a high emotional state like Kirby, tunnel vision and auditory exclusion are a given. Frankly, it was like a perfect storm: Kirby moving to get Schuman's attention, the MSU player trying to get back on the field, and they met in the middle. Now, let's take Mark Ingram's road... The opposing player jumps on Kirby and starts swinging, kicking, biting, you get the picture... Well, there's a reason there are a dozen Georgia State Troopers on the sidelines: to protect Kirby, period. Regardless of who the aggressor is, the State Troopers are going to defend Kirby; that's what they're paid for, which is why they have guns, tasers, and pepper spray. Ingram can talk S**t, but when he has a taser stuck up his A**, he'll be singing a high tenor going forward. Let someone, a player, opposing coach, or drunken buffoon coming from the stands try to make a dedicated attack on Kirby, and you'll see the Georgia State Patrol do what it does best...
Don't get me wrong, I wish it never had occured. MY comment was direct at M.I. It's an attitude we don't need in this country. Heck I've seen people almost come to blows in a store….just b/c "someone disrespected them". The dawgs do NOT need any more negative press in a season of traffic arrest(s), assault and battery and a team that just doesn't seem in rhythm. I'd rather see other teams with neg press. Can we bring back the 'Canes from late 80's and early 90's to divert the focus on Ga.
Lets face it, this year has been a sad surprise. Outsiders are going to pile on every mistake UGA makes…as coaches and for players. Benzone, I'm not trying to defend CKS, its more the reaction to those who would "beat his ass" - everyone is a rambo these days…..
Smart apologized to all involved and said he didn't mean to assault the player. I agree with the commissioner, should have been a flag. I'll bet no ref saw it, like a number of infractions they didn't see\call. The player didn't realize anything occurred. As for what a big mouth says...well who cares . Go Dawgs.
Having been assaulted!? You can’t be serious. You speak as if the intent was there to physically engage an opposing player and I just don’t believe you are that prescient to have that level of knowledge. The rhetoric chosen for your messages sounds like a billboard urging people to sue.
Fortunate for all no one involved ramped it to the degree you and Ingram seem to have. Next, someone is going to share why anyone gives a hoot what Urban Meyer thinks about anything.