Georgia head coach Kirby Smart has taken a lot of pages out of Nick Saban’s book en route to winning two national titles. With the Bulldogs back in the national title hunt this season, he’s also taking on Saban’s distinct lack of interest in appeasing media members.
As the No. 2 Bulldogs prepare for a showdown against the No. 16 Ole Miss Rebels this weekend, Smart was all business at a press conference earlier this week. It’s fair to say it might not have been the best time to lob any “fun” questions Kirby’s way.
However, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Chip Towers tried his best with a question about Smart’s visor selection. It didn’t go great.
“Coach, I hope you can have fun with this because it is such a big week football-wise,” Towers said. “You’re a visor guy, and you’re pretty rough on your visors during the game, and I’m sure you are at practice, too. So, just general question. How many of those do you go through?… What’s the process if you could just shed a little light on that?”
“No process,” responded an unamused Smart. “It’s whatever they give me. So for the game, they put one down there and I wear it and then I take it off after the game. The next game there’s another one there. There’s two or three sitting in my office and I just get one before I go to practice. I don’t waste a lot of energy on things like that, Chip.”
Alrighty, then.
Kirby is an incredibly accomplished football coach, but when it comes to media interactions he won’t be mistaken for Mike Leach anytime soon.
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Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Managing Editor for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.