http://www.newsweek.com/sports/ncaa/georgias-kirby-smart-shares-brutal-truth-about-lsu-firing-brian-kelly-10952262
By Matthew Couden
Newsweek
October 28, 2025
The college football landscape has been shaken up this season, with high-profile firings at Penn State, Florida, and LSU. The headline-making news has been eye-opening for many people about the current state of coaching in the NCAA.
LSU fired coach Brian Kelly within the past several weeks, after he’d gone 34-14 in four seasons. His current season featured a 5-3 start under his coaching, and a 2-3 conference record.
Well, to be honest, Brian Kelly - being a raging asshole who is flippantly disloyal to the teams he coaches - does himself no favors. I wouldn't hire him to clean the stadium's toilets.
That particular firing has people talking, and other college football coaches are weighing in. A reporter mentioned the topic to Georgia Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart and asked about potential “danger” regarding college football coaching.
“I don’t know. I mean, it’s the world we live in. Everybody’s got a voice. Everybody listens to somebody,” the longtime SEC coach said, adding that he didn’t know enough about LSU’s situation with Kelly.
“It’s obviously a tough situation on everybody. Players dealing with it, fans dealing with it, coaches dealing with it at this time in the middle of a season,” he said.
In keeping with his last name, Kirby wisely remained circumspect when answering that question.
Smart also noted that there seems to be a “boom or bust” sentiment about coaches making the College Football Playoffs, or they could be in jeopardy of losing a job.
Well, it's fairly understandable ... these large-program NCAA football coaches are paid MILLIONS of dollars per year, and often earn - especially when endorsements are added in - HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars over the course of their contracts to steer programs that are worth HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, if not BILLIONS, to these universities. Given the absolute OBSCENE amounts of money involved, these universities and their big-time backers are naturally going to be increasingly cut-throat when it comes to winning and perpetuating the cash flow. IMHO, it is sad that NCAA football has degraded to this mercenary level, but it is what it is, now.
“I coached at LSU, guy once told me, ‘That office you are in. That’s not your office. You are borrowing it.’ I knew right then, if you didn’t win, you wouldn’t be there long,” Smart said.
In addition to those remarks, Smart also told reporters he didn’t know what was going on with the LSU situation because he had enough things to worry about and focus on with his team.
As he referenced, he had a brief stint as a defensive back coach at LSU in 2004. He also briefly worked at Alabama as a defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator, giving him additional experience in the SEC.
Smart’s job remains intact based on his resume. He became Georgia’s head coach in 2016 and has kept his team winning, with a 111-20 overall record and a 66-12 record since then.
This season, Georgia has a No. 5 ranking and is third in the SEC. The Bulldogs last defeated No. 7 Ole Miss, 43-35, and will next face the unranked Florida Gators on Saturday, Nov. 1. If things remain on track, Georgia should be among the teams in the CFP bracket.
While Smart doesn’t appear to be in jeopardy of losing his job this season, based on recent firings, several seasons of subpar performances from the Bulldogs could certainly shake things up.
Puhleeeease ... Kirby ain't in any danger ... he is way too good and ... uh ... well ... smart ... to be in any danger, right now. But, if he were to ever have 2 or 3 even or losing seasons, then I am sure there would be some calling for his head on a pike. Of course, with his talent and stature, he would be snapped up by another big program in a nano-second if he was ever forced out at Georgia.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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