Lots of rumors swirling. Would guess it’s an extreme long shot, if there is even any substance to it.
Gotta think he’s too smart for that.
Gotta think he’s too smart for that.
Smoke building for Kirby and Falcons
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College game has changed - look what has happened to the GA team he recruited and the portal.
Might as well go for the pro $$$ now that college is headed that way.
Might as well go for the pro $$$ now that college is headed that way.
NFL actually offers considerably more roster stability than college does now.
I think this nonsense is going to drive a lot of great coaches from CFB. Why bother with this mess? These guys are doing NFL HC AND GM jobs at the same time. It’s crazy.
His agent just trying to get more $$$$$ for him and it will work.
This would be just Clemson's luck though. Right before they're set to kick off the 2024 season.
I can't see this at all. There's nothing about Kirby's skill set that would translate to the pros. He's not a genius on either side of the ball - so it's not like he brings a scheme that would be unique and possibly work. And his coaching style (hard assed disciplinarian - except with speeding tickets) doesn't really work all that well in the NFL.
Dude makes $10M+ and has the blueprint for sustained success that he got from Saban - no reason to experiment with his career at this point.
Dude makes $10M+ and has the blueprint for sustained success that he got from Saban - no reason to experiment with his career at this point.
He turned the Niners around instantly - they didn't have a winning season for a decade and he took them to the NFC Championship his first season. And second season. And third season. Dude is the best candidate for an NFL job out there, and I don't think it's close.
As a falcons fan, it doesn’t matter as long as we have the current clowns running the franchise.
You don’t have to be a genius on either side of the ball to be an NFL head coach.
He is also well known for having brutally physical practices and the snowflakes in the NFL don't want any part of that. I think the union rules limit actual physical contact practices to one a week, it is a major reason NFL defensive players are such poor tacklers.
I don't see an upside for Kirby to go to the NFL, especially the Falcons. Atlanta is loserville, there is something in the soil that keeps teams based there from winning.
Of course not, but like pro coaches in all leagues, you do have to have the ability to manage/coach personalities and egos and also be able to control the locker room. It’s a whole other skill set that Kirby has never shown he’s capable of. He’s Saban - and there’s nothing wrong with that. Unless you want him to coach in the NFL.
Well, that is the vast majority of college football coaches, which is why, to date, there has not been one coach to successfully make the transition from exclusively college coach to NFL coach. But they keep trying.
I mean he was one of the best defensive coordinators in college football under Saban for years. He's turned into a fantastic head coach. Would that transfer to the pros? Who knows; history would say no, but who knows if Smart has the itch to do something else. He's accomplished everything he can at Georgia.
Yeah, if Kirby leaves, UGA has a clone on staff to promote: UGA alumnus Will Muschamp. I HIGHLY recommend him.
His agent may be overplaying his hand if he is doing that. If UGA had threepeated, the sky would have been the limit on what the agent could have asked for. As it is, the agent should be happy with what he has gotten so far and keep his powder dry in case UGA wins it all again.
Who was the last d-coordinator for Saban that wasn't "one of the best?" You coach there, you get to have the best players in football, with discipline maintained by Saban. It's a coordinator's dream.
I think Kirby is a fantastic head coach, and a great coordinator too. But he didn't out scheme anyone at Bama - he took the best players in the country and ran what Saban wanted him to run. He's doing the same thing at UGA now. And it works - in college. He's Saban 2.0, and that's a compliment for sure - but it also means he's probably in the right place.
People always mention Carroll, but he was an NFL head coach before being a college coach.
Paul Brown was too long ago to be relevant.
Carroll was head coach of the Jets for one year in '94, but USC coach for 10 years prior to current SeaHawks gig.
Just another reason why the college game has to be brought under a unified approach to current issues - one that promotes multi-year stability. I hate it, but the NCAA cannot impose it. This will require national legislation.
And at the other side of the spectrum, good coaches in the lower divisions who don't see themselves in the NFL and who make decent money will not be as ambitious for FBS opportunities, either. You'd have to be crazy unless your gambit is getting one big contract and then receiving a nice payoff if fired.
Best job/retirement plan in America - "one big contract and then receiving a nice payoff if fired"
He was Jets and Patriots head coach before going to SoCal.
Anyway, he’d doesn’t fit the profile of a head coach who spent his whole career essentially at the college level before trying out the pros as head coach. Those guys have a long and almost exclusive track record of failure . Jimmy Johnson is one of the lone exceptions.
I think the Falcons head coach makes around $5 million a year, Kirby makes $10 million+.
Smart makes 10.7 million plus 1.3 million in bonus
If he collects all his bonus he would be tied at #6 in the NFL
If he collects all his bonus he would be tied at #6 in the NFL
The guy has it made in Athens right now. But $$$ talks. Would The Falcons make it worth while?
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Ok cool, more non-constitutional government mule intervention....Yippee Ki-yay.....
I think this is a perfect time to leave tbh. If he leave now and the nfl doesn’t work out for him then he can always be welcomed back at UGA. The college game is going to run off a lot of great coaches because of the new rules.