UGA Football: Coach Smart, Players Offer Comments on Kentucky
University of Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart and select Bulldog student-athletes offered the following comments on Monday.
The No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs will host No. 11 Kentucky on Saturday for a 3:30p.m. kickoff against the Wildcats in Sanford Stadium.
Head Coach Kirby Smart
Opening Statement…
“I would like to say a quick hello to Coach Dooley. I appreciate him coming over. It’s always great to see him in the audience and also at practice from time to time. Good to have you Coach. I got a text from Derek (Dooley) the other day. It’s good to hear from him as well. I appreciate you being here.”
“We are on to Kentucky. I think when you look at what Coach Stoops has been able to do, it’s pretty remarkable. First off, he’s a really good football coach. I’ve known him a long time. Recruited against him. We went head-to-head on a lot of recruits back when he was Florida State’s defensive coordinator and I was at Alabama. He is a tremendous coach. A tremendous builder of men. To see what he’s done with the consistency which they perform at such a high level. I say it all the time, to be a good football coach you have to have all of the phases. The recruiting phase, the organizational phase, the development phase, the three phases – offense, defense, and special teams, and they are really incredible at all three. They have a great system set up that they recruit to. They develop guys. It seems like every year you are talking about their defense, and they are doing a tremendous job offensively this year, as well. The quarterback and transfers they have gotten have really added juice to their offense, and they have a great special teams unit as well.”
