Kirby Smart shares important lesson he learned from Nick Saban at Alabama

On Tuesday, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart shared an important lesson he learned from Nick Saban while speaking to the media at SEC Media Days.

Smart was asked about Mike Bobo, his offensive coordinator at Georgia, and how the media should talk about Bobo. Smart answered by saying he does not think it is his decision and explained how a lesson from Saban impacts how he views his staff.

“I look at things through facts, and I look at things through my own two eyes,” Smart said. “I was blessed to work for the greatest college football coach in the history of all of college football, and I don’t even think it’s arguable. I don’t think you can even debate it. But I learned from him [Saban] that you evaluate things from inside out, and I do think that football intuition is one of my strengths, and knowing that, I know we got the right offensive coordinator. What you guys want to write about is completely up to you because I look at the production he’s had, the success he’s had, the team success where he doesn’t worry about stats, he worries about winning football games, and the way he coaches our players day-to-day is unmatched in this country.”

Smart served as Alabama football’s defensive coordinator from 2008-15 before taking the head coaching job at Georgia, and he’s won multiple national championships. 

Smart and the Bulldogs will face the Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 10.