re: Kirby's transition to Head Coach

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Bottom line is that UGA believed they weren't going to move forward with Richt and that relationship had run its course. Smart is obviously the best candidate on the market given his Saban pedigree, recruiting knowledge, and his connections to UGA.

Every hire is a risk but this is a risk one that UGA needed to take after another embarrassing blowout season. I don't think Smart is going be the next Saban because there is only one and what Saban has accomplished is unprecedented....but it's a reasonably good a hire as they could have made.

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