SphyNxXx 96 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Just saw a Facebook article that Kirby Smart may listen to an offer from the Atlanta Falcons owner over the next few days. Could be interesting to watch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SphyNxXx 96 Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 Sorry meant to put this in the rivals forum. Can a mod please move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujohnson 304 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 That would possibly be some interesting chaos. I doubt he’d go but who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardin Drake 1,931 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 NFL job has to look pretty good right now to college coaches. Normally, no, but with the wild wild west aspect of college right now, Kirby leaving wouldn't surprise me. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank2020 3,228 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, Cardin Drake said: NFL job has to look pretty good right now to college coaches. Normally, no, but with the wild wild west aspect of college right now, Kirby leaving wouldn't surprise me. Probably double the money too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMunny 1,387 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) I like and respect Kirby. He's a Terminator when he has good players, and it looks like he would have good players at UGA for a long time. So I sure hope the Falcons hire him away. We might get some UGA transfers or flips. Edited January 9 by WillMunny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roe4christ 949 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Can you imagine if Saban retires, Kirby goes to the NFL and Kelly goes to Michigan (that is if Harbaugh leaves for NFL also)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR 2,448 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I think Kirby would find, like Saban, coaching is a whole different animal when you cant go pick all the players you want and have to work the draft. He and Saban played a HUGE part in turning recruiting into the year round grind it is now. Its hard to overwhelm teams with better talent in the NFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 34,062 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Would not be smart for him to go to the NFL. Harbaugh should though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodford 3,682 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Can’t imagine Kirby in the NFL. I don’t buy it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFightingSoldiers 685 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 If something this crazy happened, especially after the Saban news, you're gonna see some INSANE coaching contracts for the 4 or 5 coaches that Alabama and Georgia truly consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,609 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Kirby is tired of dealing with NIL and the portal 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFDTiger80 791 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I’d be shocked if the Falcons could finally get something right for a change. They are one of the hardest Pro teams to be a fan of. Pretty much a disaster outside of the Dan Reeves years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic_zx 1,051 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 If Saban and Kirby leave the same year I would definitely have a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuscAUse! 1,516 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 59 minutes ago, bigbird said: Kirby is tired of dealing with NIL and the portal NFL may be a better job at this point. At least you get a little time off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randman5000 4,235 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Saban retiring would cause Georgia to be top dog. Not sure why he would leave now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yngwie1995 2,232 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Perfect time. He just won 2 natties. Nothing more to prove. If he took the Falcons to a Super Bowl..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotsAU 1,343 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 2 hours ago, Randman5000 said: Saban retiring would cause Georgia to be top dog. Not sure why he would leave now Some of these coaches are really arrogant. Kirby takes me as one of them. This would be a time where someone like Kirby would consider this kind of a jump if he thinks he could be an elite nfl coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman87 398 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 2 hours ago, Randman5000 said: Saban retiring would cause Georgia to be top dog. Not sure why he would leave now Not necessarily with UT and OK coming on board. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,609 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 9 hours ago, Randman5000 said: Saban retiring would cause Georgia to be top dog. Not sure why he would leave now He HATES NIL and the portal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Win4AU 4,055 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I think there are about to be a lot of changes with NIL and portal. College programs are going to have to create a GM position to manage all this. There’s only so many hours in a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic_zx 1,051 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 4 hours ago, bigbird said: He HATES NIL and the portal So he hates that others can do it now and not just his employer? Sounds about right. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,609 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 6 minutes ago, Chaotic_zx said: So he hates that others can do it now and not just his employer? Sounds about right. That and the time and stress of the portal. It literally 24/7/365. Recruit players, recruit team to stay, recruit new portal players, recruit current team again...it's more than staffs can handle or want to. Those that have options are weighing them heavily. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,835 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Kirby To Falcons. Fast forward 3 years. Kirby is fired. Hugh Freeze doesn't take control of the SEC West in the post-Saban era and is fired. Kirby becomes the next Saban-like failed NFL coach trying to get back into college. We finally hire him and get this thing right like when we interviewed him in 2012. We go on our own UGA-type run. ... Or all of that happens and Bama saves him from the NFL after the next Bama coach gets fired in 3 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodford 3,682 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 23 hours ago, JFDTiger80 said: I’d be shocked if the Falcons could finally get something right for a change. They are one of the hardest Pro teams to be a fan of. Pretty much a disaster outside of the Dan Reeves years. If Kirby had any brains he would laugh at the Falcons calling him. Being a Falcons fan is literal hell on Earth lol they have not played a great football game since the 2016 NFC Championship game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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