So let me get this straight

i agree

It's a bowl game. You're overreacting.

We are bringing in the guy who stays loyal to his players and insists on seeing it through to the end. We are losing a guy who hasn't spent two years at any major job he's had.

The Kirby Smart hire wasn't made so that we could keep a lot of old pieces. It signifies a culture shift. Someone else said it better yesterday - there's no way Pruitt could have been retained. Kirby needs total control of the program to make the changes we want to see, and I think a lot of guys would have seen Pruitt as the man in charge of he was kept around.

Our defense will be fine. Everyone close to the search has said that guys are beating down the door to work with Kirby. Make no mistake - he could have kept Pruitt. It should excite people that Kirby has a long term vision in place, so much so that he is willing to forgo two months of great recruiting in order to get he program where it needs to go.

I don't know why everyone is freaking out. We never expected him to be here next year ever since the whole Richt/Thomas brown thing. And no matter what, he would be gone after next season.

-Richt is coaching and recruiting for Miami right now, and will most likely take a few of our commits with him

-Pruitt will be at Alabama recruiting for them and will definitely take multiple commits and possibly 2 5 star targets who were heavy UGA leans

-Our Head Coach is coaching for Alabama right now, who would still win the natty without him

Don't you love how we always get the short end of the stick

There's a price to pay for change. I'm personally willing to pay it.
I'm not that worried about our recruiting class.

I wouldn't say that I'm not that worried about recruiting, I am, but I am with you. I knew a price would be paid to finally take football seriously. I knew we'd likely lose recruits. I knew we'd lose our staff. I figured we'd lose the bowl game. It's just the price of doing business.

Doesn't mean that now it happens I'm not going get pissed or be hopeful that we limit the damage. I'm having trouble with the Pruitt stuff considering it sounded like he wanted to stay. But it's all worth moving on from the Richt era.

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But it's all worth moving on from the Richt era.

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I'm reserving judgment and not getting all giddy yet..I like CKS, but I'm skeptical.....the jury is definitely still out and will be for some time with me...it would help me tremendously if he would name an O coordinator and lock down Eason...all who wanted CMR gone so bad may be gnashing teeth in a year when Miami is playing for an ACC title and we are playing in another shitty bowl...just sayin...time will tell...God forbid we turn out like Tennessee...or Bama b4 Saban for that matter

You might not agree with every move Kirby is making, but you can't deny he is jumping in with both feet to accelerate the program.

In the end, that's what people were fed up with when Richt was in charge.

I like CKS...its just got me antsy him not naming some coaches...meanwhile guys are transferring and decomitting...I kinda wish UF had won that game....

Most of what youre saying is problematic of how mcgarrity handled this entire situation. The firing came across to the entire country as impulsive .to players, recruits, and potential staff. Kirby is having to step in and clean that up. Lower your fricking expectations accordingly. this isn't going to be a silky smooth transition solely because of how this went down

no. was referencing OPOP

just realized I clicked you to respond