Kirby Smart says "don't put words in my mouth"

Comments on recent practices couple days in so far how has practice been this week wasn't great yesterday um I hate it when you change routine but we done we didn't do anything with the player players didn't have anything to do Sunday and uh they didn't have school Monday and I don't know historically the years I've been here Monday's not great of Labor Day cuz they lay around all day Sunday and then they lay around all day Monday cuz they don't have classes and then they come over here and um didn't have a great day but um today was much better I think maybe it had something to do with the weather a little cooler today and we're good spirits we had good practice Yeah coach I think I saw 13 Remarks considering "all" the freshmen (13) used vs. Clemson; freshmen playing true freshman made their debut on Saturday against Clemson what does that say about your program and does playing time get used against you on the recruiting Tria I don't I don't know about playing time I think I think we can disprove that with the guys that have started and played it may get used but it doesn't work very effectively cuz we have as many freshman all Americans as many freshman play as anybody in the country so I don't know how effective it is but I don't know I would I would be interested to see how 13 compared to other years obviously the type of game you play in um would dictate that meaning you know last year probably had more than 13 play because of the score and the differential a couple years ago against Clemson probably didn't have many I know one that did but I don't know many more than that one um but every year is different you know it's not about it's about their development I think so many freshman across the country right now are so caught up in am I going to play am I going to play this week am I going to travel what am I doing did I make the right decision cuz all they got to think about is the alternative of where I can go and if you just be where your feet are and get better you'll come out on top in the end Coach kind of follow up on that how much more are freshman more ready to Comments on freshmen playing in the SEC play now than maybe they were five 10 years ago oh they're not they're not I don't know they're having to play out of necessity having to play out of uh the fact that we got more transient rosters I mean they're not any more ready to play physically mentally that disposition no not many freshman are let me say this in our league playing in our league sec to SEC if you're playing with a lot of freshman you're in trouble cuz they're not physically developed that doesn't mean one can't do it but you be out there playing with a lot of freshman Kirby as you go back and watch the film from Saturday what stood out to Raylen Wilson’s increase in confidence you about the way that railan played I haven't gone back and watched the film from Saturday since like Saturday night that game's over and done I'll speak about raen but I can't tell you the first thing cuz I'm on and and and Popp to the next one um raand uh worked really hard in Camp he had some struggles with cramping and he wasn't able to finish some some practices and and he he missed a little time not really injured just not being able to to finish it up and um I thought that hurt his stamina in Camp and then the last week he started playing better and better and better in practices and then that carried over a little bit into the game I think he's much more confident in the scheme um he's seeing things well he he had some nice plays uh Saturday he's a really good athlete yeah to kind of just follow up Priorities to play linebacker compared to the past on linebackers you talks so often about how offense has changed playing space how has that changed how you recruit I guess inside linebacker specifically as much as they have to play in space cover tight ends um everything like that yeah it's a premium Now a it probably used to go you know size speed toughness keys and now it goes speed uh intelligence space player size you know toughness it just changes the order um because it's it's a priority to have length it's a priority to be able to match up and play in space you got to be able to run cover down I mean you're in Conflict every play you got this Gap but you also got to go play the bubble you got got to see counters pulls rpos it's it's absolutely insane uh how much you're having to SP now compared to 2012 yeah what does Dan Jackson bring to Dan Jackson’s toughness, competitiveness this program and what does it say about his ability that whether Malai a vetan KJ whoever is at that other safety spot he's able to keep that sort of secondary at that same high standard uh Dan's a product of toughness the program I mean first of all we're lucky to have Dan Jackson because we fell into him we didn't do one thing to to to to earn Dan being here he he came to us and and he has made himself into a a really good football player but he did that through hard work um he's proof that if you stick around and you have tough and you're smart you're going to play I mean we got millions of examples of kids that have come here has show toughness stuck around and played cash cther I mean all these guys have done it and Georgia has a long history of great walkon and he's he's one of those wonder how geordan call is doing Jordan Hall and Xzavier McLeod’s progress now and ex about his progress yeah they're both they're both doing great man they were running today flying around uh uh sideline like just just running not practicing but running straight line cutting um I'm fired up I know uh was Sunday or Monday I looked out my office and uh the two days run together because the labor day but Jordan was out there smoking it across the field and uh excited he was up 5:30 in the morning game day uh rehabing on his own beat Ron in there riding a bike in Atlanta I mean he is uh he is a different dude when it comes to to rehab he has attacked it um and Dove all in I think he's probably a little ahead of U McLoud mccloud's dealing with a different muscle tissue type injury and he also hasn't really ever had a significant injury so um but they're both pushing I want to ask you about Why are other Georgia schools (besides GA Tech) not on the schedule? nonconference games I know you play Georgia check every year Wonder uh with like a merer or Georgia Southern or another inate school why they haven't been on Georgia schedules when you have tenness TCH have few minut not the slightest clue can't give you good input I mean the the schedule I have now as far as I know I inherited it if I didn't inherit it and I'm lying to you I don't know I didn't I didn't go down the schedule and say o let's go play Tennessee Tech Over Georgia Southern or merer I mean I I don't know it's probably be a better question for Josh Rooks kind of on that note I talked to Playing/not-playing vs. FCS schools Bobby Wilder today he said he wasn't thrilled about coming down and playing Georgia in Sanford Stadium lost his back this past weekend and there's you know there's obviously those differences and everything as you you as the host coach you've you've been outspoken about you want to help these programs out you want to bring them in how do you sort of balance that you know you don't want to get anybody hurt you don't want to embarrass anybody tell want the check he said he did absolutely did he said but there's no other way really for them to do it than that you know well that's my point I mean I everybody can put me in a pigeon hole of well Kirby believes in these games Kirby doesn't believe in these games I believe in the sport of football and if you told me that the sport of football is going to lose programs because they can't sustain without the the financial uh help then then I want to support that I also want the financial support of our fan base and if you P them theyd rather play you know Clemson Notre Dame uh uh you know every week play somebody and I respect that too I I I enjoy that I coached in the NFL I've been around those kind of leagues I mean uh I I I'm sensitive to both of those things I just think that if we're going to lose football at at a lower level because of financial reasons I'd rather try to sustain those programs and and keep them up which by the way the quarterback he brought in played really well too and uh uh is a really good athlete and and you know I mean I hate it for the other kid cuz obviously he was the starter yeah coach you can feel free to Look at any other opponent (i.e., Kentucky) this week swap me away here but do you dare take time to look at Kentucky this week at all yeah uh I I don't have time I don't I what I do do is look at all the third and one and fourth and one plays in our conference you know all the explosive plays in our conference and the tape was extremely long um considering there's 60 and 70 point games out there but it's not looking at anybody specifically it's just what's going on want ask about a couple transfers uh transfers Michael Jackson and Jake Pope Michael Jackson Jake po how are they coming along both working hard both doing good both part of our culture and our program doing a leg good job of pushing and fighting for play time why were you looking at the short Viewing the short-yardage plays yard PLS some sort of trend or is it just something you always do something I always do you know I think it's important to if I got to make the decision whether we're going forward on Third and one and fourth one I want to know what's going on you mentioned the work that Hall and Injury updates on Joenel Aguero, Warren Brinson, and Mykel Williams McLoud are getting this week what are Janelle uh Warren Brenson and Michael able to do this week and What specifically is it that Janelle is dealing with in terms of a pull uh yes a soft tissue injury Janelle practiced and did everything today I wouldn't say he was 100% but he practiced and did everything um Warren did some things was out there moved around pretty good um uh I would say that janell's ahead of Warren but Warren's got a shot um M Kel's out there you know watching our guys doing rehab um being in all the walkthroughs and but he's not participating yeah Trevor etm play this Trevor Etienne weekend again we don't talk about it so it's not something that I share and talk about respectfully respect your question yeah seem like I always take the Availability Report; Smart says "don't put words in my mouth" and denies telling anyone about Etienne's suspension the bullets on this but on on the uh going forward you the the uh availability reports start next week so uh if a guy is suspended you have to declare somebody's in or out right by Wednesday will you at that point I think this past week you might have told the ESPN that I tell ESPN anything was was I ESPN so don't put words in my mouth Jeff I didn't say that you said I might McGrath said that you said I haven't talked to anybody yeah so I just wonder I mean anybody any more information than I give you so I don't I don't tell them anything but about the i i as I understand the uh ability report when it was discussed it there was a debate about whether you had to put that on there I think you're talking about a non-injury reason to not be playing like a kid's uh got a death in the family and he's not going to be at the game he's got to go to a funeral or he's suspended you have another category there that you have to to report that they're not going to play and there was a debate about that I think it ended with you do have to put that but there was disclosure to me and the several coaches in the SEC that were concerned about what the speculation will be cuz if you put them in that c ategory what are you immediately going to assume that they're what that they're suspended and I don't think that's fair you know what I mean because you could be an assumption that this wrong um but I think you do have to disclose that in there I'm not 100% accurate on that we haven't had to worry about it because we're not to Kentucky week and like I said Ron's going to handle the the entire injury part of that because I don't want anything to do with the injury part of that but following up on Smart's respect for and defense of his players that your your impetus for not wanting to declare like it's a suspension or whatever is it to is it gamesmanship is it like you just G all for me it's it's it's a kid it's a kid his family it's respecting when recruits come in my parent in my my my my room they say we respect the way you handle things because a kid takes enough drug through the mud headlines everybody puts it out there and then nobody knows if it's wrong or it gets dropped or any of that they never they never get to do that I want to defend the kid and to to discuss it again and say it again then another whole headline out there so it's not it's not gamesmanship in any way shap or form for me it's just I don't want that for the kid I don't want to have to go through that again that's why I don't discuss it thank you coach you emphasized that you Freshmen’s “toughness” vs. Clemson? Tred to instill toughness in your players early on um were you pleased with what you saw from your freshman in terms of toughness against Clemson uh I don't know I didn't see I mean had a couple freshman go in and get the get knocked off the ball I mean so no I wasn't real proud of that but I had you know I had some guy I don't know that a freshman got the show toughness okay there was not enough snaps I mean what freshman took the most snaps KJ Balden he didn't have a lot of he didn't have to show a lot of toughness he wouldn't up there in the trenches and he had some nice tackles he had some nice plays but he didn't have to show toughness you know Nate Frasier had some nice holes and made some nice Cuts but he didn't have to show toughness so I I respect your question but I don't know how to answer it because I I don't know that our fresh had to show tles Monroe was in there pretty early uh Monroe Freeling’s growth since last season on Saturday just where has he grown the most since he arrived last year he's physically stronger um mentally in a better place more confident in the system um we wouldn't put him in there and rotate him if we didn't have a lot of confidence in him so he's um going to continue to get better J what you think of the two- Thoughts on the Two-Minute Timeout/Warning minute warning or two minute someh whatever they're calling it I don't I mean I think it's an extra time out you know like like I've said repeatedly I think it's going to get coaches more criticized it's another thing that you can screw up and you got to be really smart I'm not talking about me now I'm talking about you got to be really smart to not screw it up based on the analytics and all the things a lot of people just say ah I'm not worried about that I'm just going to play with my gut but when you read all the analytics into it it's uh it's pretty deep Staff members responsible for clock management because you have someone on staff that's sole job is to pay attention to clock or anything like that or is that yeah we got three or four people on staff that do that and I think it's really critical that you got people covering your back any more questions coart all right thank you [Music]