Kirby Smart explains why this Georgia staff is the best he’s had in Athens
By Keith Farner
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Kirby Smart has had plenty of staff turnover in his time in Athens, including both coordinators, but now in his seventh season at Georgia, the coach believes this staff is the best yet.
That was clear to him after Saturday’s blowout win over Oregon, because of the style of play Georgia deployed, and how the respective game plans came together.
“Yeah, I wanted to come out and play aggressive, and I told our team, I don’t care about the results of the game, I don’t care about anything; all I care about is did you come out and play aggressive, and we tried to make it really simple,” Smart said. “I thought they came out and played aggressive. I thought we called the game aggressive. I thought Coach Monken, I thought Coach Schumann did a tremendous job with both their staffs.”
Glenn Schumann is in his first year as co-defensive coordinator with Will Muschamp, and Todd Monken is in his third season as the offensive coordinator.
“Our staff is the best it’s ever been,” Smart said. “We’ve got a great staff right now, and it’s awesome because we’ve got a great — we’ve always had a good staff, but we’ve got a really great staff right now in terms of guys enjoying to work together and putting plans together, and I thought they did a great job of doing that.”
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
