Kirby Smart extension coming? Georgia president weighs in on potential deal
Kirby Smart just led Georgia to its first national championship since 1980, making him a very popular person in Athens these days.
He will likely be the Georgia head coach for a long time to come, but first, the school needs to finalize a contract extension for him.
Per Georgia president Jere Morehead on Thursday, there have been positive discussions around a long-term extension for Smart:
UGA president Jere Morehead said the athletic board in executive session “engaged in very positive discussions for a long-term extension," for football coach Kirby Smart. No terms finalized yet.
— Marc Weiszer (@marcweiszer) May 26, 2022
Smart is one of the best recruiters in all of college football. He also put together one of the best defenses in college football history this past season.
Are more national championships in Smart’s future? We’ll see what the future holds for him in Athens.
Kirby has all the cards. It must be nice for Kirby to be in negotiations with someone he knows will get fired if they don’t keep him happy.
COMMENTS AND PREDICTIONS I MADE…..
” Kirby Smart just led Georgia to its first national championship since 1980, making him a very popular person in Athens these days. ”
Kirby Smart has always been popular since day one. I mean even when he went 8.5 in his first season. I understood why!!! I predicted Georgia would play in the national championship game in 2017. I predicted that in 2016! At the same time I predicted Georgia would win the national championship in 2021. Because I predicted they were probably going to find a way to rob Georgia in 2017 since Saban was trying to tie Bear Bryant.
Oddly enough I picked Auburn to win the SEC WEST in 2017. And while I didn’t actually predict auburn to beat Georgia. I did say IF Georgia loses in regular season. They would lose to auburn.
After that I predicted everything spot on. I predicted Alabama would lose to auburn and yet be voted into the playoff. I predicted auburn would take a beating in the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!
I FORESAW IT ALL……
In 2016 I predicted all these things. I predicted Georgia would meet Alabama for the national championship in the 2017 season. And that Georgia would play better and be better. But that the officials would find a way to GIVE THE GAME TO SABAN. IN ORDER TO CEMENT THEIR OWN SPOT IN THE HISTORY BOOKS AS THE OFFICIATING CREW THAT CALLED THE HISTORIC GAME. WHERE SABAN TIED BEAR BRYANT!!!!
I was right!!!!! I said Georgia would win the national championship in the 2021 season vs guess who? Alabama!!!!!
I’M WELL KNOWN FOR THESE PREDICTIONS. INCLUDING THE LAST ONE. THAT GEORGIA WOULD THEN BECOME A DYNASTY!!!!! That given time Georgia would accomplish everything that Saban’s Alabama has accomplished and EVEN MORE!!!!!!
No that doesn’t mean that Georgia will win it every year. Alabama hasn’t done that either!!!! But Georgia will do enough to be the same kind of DYNASTY Alabama has been. And that Georgia will actually win more than Alabama has. But that will take time to prove!!!!!!!
GEORGIA HAS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED 2 THINGS ALABAMA NEVER HAS UNDER SABAN OR ANY OTHER…..
Alabama has NEVER won a national championship with an UNDERSIZED, WALK ON QB LIKE STETSON BENNETT!!!! And Alabama certainly never won any national championship against a DYNASTY TEAM LIKE ALABAMA/THEMSELVES PERIOD!!!!! So that is two things Georgia has done already that Alabama has NEVER DONE!!!!!
PS. If you think Georgia is going to fall apart. You have another think coming!!!! This Georgia dynasty will prove to be everything I predicted it would be. Furthermore it will become all I predicted it would become. Way back in 2016!!!!!
MANY DON’T LIKE ME AND THAT IS FINE. BUT YOU CAN’T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM MY ABILITIES TO PREDICT FOOTBALL!!!! LOL
Negan
“ Kirby Smart has always been popular since day one.”
Eh not really. i graduated in 2014 and of my alumni friends, many were sad to see CMR go and KS was not universally liked in year one, especially after suffering a humiliation to Vandy in 2016.
Saban who?
Well,……yeah….. lifetime contract is needed.
We’re about to pay Kirby $10 million a season because he won a Natty.
That school next to the interstate in the middle of nowhere just paid a HC $12 million to leave town, 6 months after the school gave said HC a contract extension.
I sho wish we wuz as smart as they iz …
I wonder how much NIL is a part of the negotiations.
Better have a big buyout in place, you know Bammer will send a Brinks truck to Athens when Saban retires.
I understand what you are saying. If things stay status quo, there is no way Kirby leaves UGA for BooHoo Bama. That brinks truck can just roll on through Athens on its way to Clemson, SC.
I can’t see that. Lane Kiffin would be more like it.
I agree, I think they might potentially go with an offensive minded coach in the post-Saban era.
Almost certainly… and quite possibly our next coach is already be here – O’Brien
Coach Smart would have nothing to gain by going to Bama.
Nobody wants to follow a legend.
When Kirby leaves UGA, it will be to get away from what CFB is becoming. He won’t trade his current stress level for more at Bama in the GOAT’s shadow.
While Kirby was at Bama, they had the best defenses. Now he’s at Georgia and they have the best defenses.
Kirby’s the best defensive coach in CFB, without a doubt, as well as already being a top 2-3 HC after only 7-years on the job. Kirby Smart deserves the raise.
While I’m fine with whatever coaches can make, how can the same fans that whine about players getting a share of the huge profits be ok with coaches making insane salaries? It’s truly a sign of “well it used to work great”.
@Sparky Head Coaching salaries have exploded since Spurrier hit that one million mark around 1997.
How will VT do in 2022?
I’m expecting four or five losses in 2022. The wild card is NC state. NC state and Iowa state seem to be the most unpredictable power five teams from year to year. I’m expecting loses to UNC, Miami, Boston College, and Pitt.
I agree that coaches pay has exploded in the last 20 years. I just don’t understand why people think it’s going to destroy CFB if players get in on the action, but don’t seem to think it’s a big deal that coaches are now making 10 mil a year.