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re: Comparing Saban and Kirby's first 7 years. From Twitter....

Posted on 1/7/23 at 9:05 am to
Posted by 3down10
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Posted on 1/7/23 at 9:05 am to
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Saban was a national champion coach before going to Bama. Kirby was taking his very first head coaching job at Georgia.

That wasn’t mentioned on Twitter, either.


What does that have to do with the image?

Oh well, another day of Georgia trying to compare itself to Alabama I guess.
Posted by FooManChoo
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 1/7/23 at 9:11 am to
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What does that have to do with the image?
Not much, like your post about teams being unequal when the respective coaches showed up.

I was just pointing out that Kirby offset his lack of coaching experience with some decent players to start with and Saban offset his lack of players with his experience as a championship-winning coach.

You can’t ignore the experience (or lack thereof) of both men heading into their respective new jobs if you want to call into question other things like rosters.
Posted by Dawg4Life47
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Posted on 1/7/23 at 9:29 am to
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What does that have to do with the image? Oh well, another day of Georgia trying to compare itself to Alabama I guess.

Because context matters…

A rookie head coach vs a coach who came into a program with 12 years of HC experience under his belt. NFL HC experience and one natty at LSU already.

So the comparison is a a rookie vs a super senior with essentially the same metrics.

If Kirby gets this years Natty, then we can consider them equal at a minimum during that period of coaching. Giving the nod to Kirby because of lack of exp
This post was edited on 1/7/23 at 9:30 am
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