So, ESPN has this lengthy piece on what it bills as the hardest job in college football — being Nick Saban’s defensive backs coach — and seemingly manages to interview pretty much everyone who’s occupied the position over the last decade plus, except for Kirby Smart.
Interesting omission, wouldn’t you say? Eh, maybe Kirby was busy washing his hair, or something.
Get The Picture 
There’s a great deal to be admired about that level of commitment to the task at hand, especially efficiency of dress.
But you don’t have to be an asshole all day every day.
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They didn’t interview Kirby because he doesn’t have time for that sh*t. Another thing he learned from Saban, who learned it from Bill Belichick. Walk a mile for a one inch advantage.
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I met the man when he was at LSU
I have no doubt he’s been a great coach. But…
He’s a 5’7” prick
Nuck Faban
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Satan is just proving that he can be a bigger prick than just a 5’7″ prick…GO DAWGS!
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Kirby was just soaking up knowledge, experience and coaching expertise while thinking to himself that one day I’m going to beat you like a red-headed stepchild.
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I like your thinking, sir.
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Second.
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Hopefully he can get more on the tail end of their meetings…Richt won game 1 and not another. We need Kirby to start to pile up Ws moving forward and we’ll all forget the Ls before the NC game
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What? Like the ‘bags before the OBS?? Geez, I hope not!!!!!!!
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It’s easy to talk about Coach when you don’t have to play him…I think Kirby is totally content to let others tell their stories about their experiences with Ole Jolly St Nick lol
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I like how Kirby gushes over his players and never throws his coaches under the bus to the press…I’d take our dude over the Kent State Napoleon any day of the week.
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Exactly. We all know Kirby can chew ass with the best of them, but he doesn’t need to do it publicly.
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Ya have to admit watch Lil’ Nicky chewing on Kiffin’s butt publicly was pretty entertaining.
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I think that Kirby and Saban have a genuine relationship and he didn’t do an interview because of that and because it does not help him beat Saban this year. I imagine that when Nick retires we will see him in Athens enough that the Bama fans will be pissed off about it.
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Also regarding Saban there is this innate idea that being an asshole is the best leadership quality when what you are doing is something for lack of a better word masculine like a football coach or in the military. I think this idea has stuck around so long because there is some validity to it. From my experience in the Marines I had lots of people who were dicks who thought they were good leaders but this style only worked either in limited doses (like at Parris Island) or if the person was so committed to it that they were that way all the time.
I had a great Drill Instructor who was super hard and mean as shit. He used to call me “Fatpieceofshitskey” and was on me all the time. I had to go through the gas chamber 5x not because I messed up but because “I know you can take it boy.” His style worked on me and I admire him all these years later because he challenged me to prove that I could take it and because he himself was so tough even though he was an Air Winger. Other Marines that I met later would try this style and it was so easy to see through that you didn’t take them seriously and because there comes a time when good order and disciplined be damned you as a skinny short Sergeant may have to prove that you are meaner than a 6’5” private who weighs 240 lbs.
Other Marines who were great leaders just lead by example and were willing to do all the dangerous shit that they asked you to or were so organized and focused that it made it easy for you to succeed in whatever was asked of you.
My guess is that Saban is a mix of the two above and that despite his hollering and whatnot he is able to get the most out of both great often entitled athletes and millionaire football coaches by setting an example and also demanding strict adherence to that example.
Thank you for reading sincerely ‘Fatpieceofshitskey” Whiskey Locker Recruit/ Pugil Sticks Champion
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Get em, Siskey, Get em
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My style was to be aggressive and stay low.
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My personal view is that the best leaders are those like Erk Russell.
When the relationship is such that the players will run through walls FOR you and not because they fear you, then they don’t all have to be 5 stars.
https://www.onlineathens.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2012/11/16/loran-smith-hollywood-has-tough-task-creating-movie-about-legendary/15591404007/
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I agree.
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One of his ex players told me that if Erk called him at 3 AM and said meet me in downtown Atlanta on a certain block, I would go and not even ask why. They truly loved the man.
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Considering that Kirby just finished toasting Alabama’s current DBs coach with Honky McFailson in a national championship game he probably didn’t want to participate in the story out of pity.
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If you’re not still sports reporting you may have missed your calling.
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haha much appreciated, but I get to watch and enjoy so much more of the sports I enjoy now that I’m out of that business (to say nothing of having time to see my family) that I’d be hard pressed to go back. I’m happy to have the occasional outlet here though!
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Who’s going to create and sell those “McFailson” jerseys for this fall? Or the “Honky McFailson for Heisman” t-shirts?
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Bennett seems like the type that would do it himself and make money off of it while sticking that shit in EriKratom’s face.
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Please, please, please someone design a Honky McFailson t-shirt for me to buy and gift to others.
Should include pic of him kissing CFP trophy and/or lighting up a cigar post-game.
Thanks in advance.
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Nah, it has to be the picture of him swigging from the bottle of Pappy.
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Or the hungover interview from the next morning. I’m not picky. Any of these will do.
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Cafe Press is your friend (this took me 10 minutes, mostly cause I had to look up how to spell “Heisman”
https://www.cafepress.com/designer/custom-mens-value-t-shirts?productId=964208095
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I can’t believe that nobody has commented on the number of DB coaches that Kirby has cycled thru in 6 years. Maybe he takes after his mentor?
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