BigOrangeAl 1979
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I just don't get this narrative. Kirby is a little punk but jeezus, he's 52-14, he ain't the second coming of Saban like some dwag fans think, but he's a pretty good coach. He continues to win 11, 12 games a year. He's lost to Saban 3 times and to the greatest college football team of the last decade plus (2019 LSU), the only game he's lost since his first year that wasn't to a good team was that South Carolina game. I can't think of anyone outside of Saban who can claim to have done better as far as not losing to knuckleheads is concerned. Dabo has lost to Pitt and Syracuse but it didn't hurt him because the ACC is a freaking cake walk. Riley lost to Kansas State. Ohio State has been bent over by Purdue a time or two.If there ever was a coach who would fk a wet dream his name is Kirby Smart. If it came down to beating Tennessee to go to the playoff against Georgia I’m picking Tennessee
The narrative comes from Kirby having a top 3 class every year then blowing 2 or 3 score leads in big games. They'll eventually get sick of it and can him just like they did RichtI just don't get this narrative. Kirby is a little punk but jeezus, he's 52-14, he ain't the second coming of Saban like some dwag fans think, but he's a pretty good coach. He continues to win 11, 12 games a year. He's lost to Saban 3 times and to the greatest college football team of the last decade plus (2019 LSU), the only game he's lost since his first year that wasn't to a good team was that South Carolina game. I can't think of anyone outside of Saban who can claim to have done better as far as not losing to knuckleheads is concerned. Dabo has lost to Pitt and Syracuse but it didn't hurt him because the ACC is a freaking cake walk. Riley lost to Kansas State. Ohio State has been bent over by Purdue a time or two.
He's blown two leads to Bama, but like Finebaum said the other day, who else has had big leads over Bama? Bama had more talent both years (2017 and 2018) on the 247 team talent composite. Hell, Bama won both times exactly because they were the only team in America who could bring an All-American quarterback off the bench. To be sure, I think Kirby is a sleazy and cheats his bowl cut off every year in recruiting but at this point, he seems to be one of the very few Saban disciples, and the only one on the defensive side, who is a good coach. His good recruiting classes are just now maturing. They were good last year but had a huge hole at quarterback. If they get a dynamic quarterback, they are going to be pretty tough to beat with that defense, jury's still out on whether Daniels is that guy but they've also got Brock Vandagriff who was highly rated and seems to have a chance to be pretty good once he gets his feet wet. We'll see what happens.The narrative comes from Kirby having a top 3 class every year then blowing 2 or 3 score leads in big games. They'll eventually get sick of it and can him just like they did Richt