ESPN's Rece Davis Says Kirby Smart Is A "Consummate Pro" In Recent Story

As media continues to grow towards podcasting, Rece Davis and the ESPN College GameDay Podcast released one of their newest episodes, and Davis shared an eye-opening story about Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, being the "Consummate Pro" after losing the 2017 National Championship.

Davis, co-host Pete Thamel, and special guest Ryan McGee discussed Ohio State head coach Ryan Day's emotions after big, emotional games. This led to a story Davis had about when he saw Kirby Smart just before he walked into Georgia's locker room after losing the 2017 National Championship to Tua Tagovailoa, DeVonta Smith, and Alabama.

"In the national championship game for the 2017 season when Tua {Tagovailoa} hit DeVonta Smith, and Alabama won it on the walk-off, in the aftermath I was doing various hits, and Kirby Smart had given his news conference, and then Kirby stopped by, and we talked briefly, and he was handling it like the consummate pro and gentleman that he is," Davis stated.

"Obviously disappointed, obviously crestfallen at being that close to a championship and having it get away and he's handling everything just as you'd expect from a coach of his caliber. Showing the disappointment but controlling the emotions," Davis continued.

"We finish our chat, he walks out of the room where we were, and there's this big metal locker as he walked out of the room and there was kind of no one else around except me, my camera man, Kirby, and whoever was walking with Kirby, and just before he exited the door to head back to the locker room, he turns and punches the metal locker."

An emphatic statement of emotion from Smart, who can only show his emotions behind closed doors or it will be put on display and used against him, like it has been for Ryan Day. He does this because as Davis states, "he knows when he takes a step back outside that door he has to become the leader." Smart's calm composure is known as one of the main characteristics of his personality, and it bleeds throughout his players and coaching staff, and Davis' story from that game only backs that up.

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