Kirby Smart gives cryptic answer regarding status of Buster Faulkner with Georgia football

By Connor Riley, DawgNation

December 15, 2022 at 12:02 pm EST

Kirby Smart (Getty) COLUMBIA, MO - OCTOBER 01: Head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs gets ready to lead his team onto the field prior to a game against the Missouri Tigers at Faurot Field/Memorial Stadium on October 1, 2022 in Columbia, Missouri. (Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images) (Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images)

By Connor Riley, DawgNation

December 15, 2022 at 12:02 pm EST

ATHENS — Georgia is used to coaches having to pull double duty at this point of the year. A coach has accepted a job at one school but still wants to finish things out with the Bulldogs still in championship contention.

Kirby Smart himself did this at Alabama with the 2015 team. Last season saw Dan Lanning bounce between Georgia and Oregon.

To date, only Buster Faulkner has been hired off the Georgia staff. Georgia Tech hired him to be the offensive coordinator, with Brent Key working as the new head coach of the Yellow Jackets.

What makes Faulkner’s situation different from that of Smart or Lanning is that Faulkner is an analyst and not an on-field coach. It’s not as important for him to be at practice, as he’s not allowed to be hands-on in that manner anyway.