Georgia bulldogs tragedy :Kirby Smart the current head coach of the bulldogs pass away just now….
University of Georgia football coach Kirby Smart defended his program’s integrity Tuesday, dismissing suggestions he had failed to monitor his staff and players’ off-field activities.
“We’ve got complete control of our program and our kids in our program,” Smart said during a news conference that marked the start of spring football practice. It was Smart’s first public appearance since a series of transgressions culminated in a car crash on Jan. 15 that killed a football player and a member of the program’s recruiting staff.
Do kids make mistakes?” Smart said. “Yes, young student-athletes make mistakes. They do. It happens all across the country. It happens here.”
But, he added, “there’s no lack of control of our program.”
The crash occurred hours after a massive celebration of Georgia’s second consecutive national football championship. Offensive lineman Devin Willock, 20, and recruiting analyst Chandler LeCroy, 24, died. Another player, Warren McClendon, 21, and another staff member, Tory Bowles, 26, were injured. Along with other players, they were on their way to a Waffle House after leaving a downtown Athens strip club at closing time. LeCroy, who was driving, had a blood alcohol concentration more than twice the legal limit.
