Does Georgia's celebrated coach have control of his locker room?
Georgia head coach Kirby Smart watches his players warm up before an NCAA college football game against Tennessee, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Knoxville, Tenn. It’s not the years. It’s the mileage. Those were the words spoken by Georgia coach Kirby Smart at SEC Media Days. That was his big message going into the preseason.
According to the Athens Banner-Herald, Georgia football players have received 29 citations for reckless driving, speeding or racing since the auto fatalities in 2023 of Georgia football player Devin Willock and staffer Chandler LeCroy.What is going on at Georgia, and is Smart losing control of his team? At this point, it’s fair to question the coach’s ability to manage his players in this new age of pay-for-play. The lack of accountability and entitlement is glaring. Just look at the rap sheet.
Smart kicked Thomas off the team last week. Georgia’s coach had no other choice. Will another Georgia football player be arrested before the start of the season? No one would be surprised. I’ve seen this story before in my years covering the SEC and Smart is beginning to look a lot more like another former SEC coach who won two national championships.
A week before the game, future NFL defensive end Carlos Dunlap was arrested for a DUI near campus. Dunlap’s lapse in judgment wasn’t an outlier for the Gators. Meyer’s teams were notorious for their internal problems. In his six years at UF, Meyer saw 29 of his players arrested a total of 31 times.
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