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Kirby Smart credits medical staff for doing an ‘awesome’ job managing virus protocols
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While several teams have struggled and even had to cancel or withdraw from their bowl trips because of COVID-19, the teams involved in the College Football Playoff seem to have done a good job of avoiding the virus from a big picture perspective.
Georgia head coach Kirby Smart credits the Bulldogs medical staff for keeping his team safe.
“Ron Courson and his staff have been unbelievable, just awesome,” Smart said of Georgia’s executive associate athletic director for sports medicine. “We’ve had protocols in place throughout the year. Probably not as strict earlier in the year as it was last year with the vaccination and really the low numbers and issues. When Ron saw things starting to spike, we increased our sensitivity to that. He’s done a tremendous job of that really over prior to the SEC Championship, we increased a lot of things around our building and our awareness of our players and understanding what’s going on. He’s had 4 different times he’s offered guys opportunities to get booster shots, and some of our guys have, some of them haven’t, but they’ve really adhered to the policies we’ve asked them to and been able to steer clear for the most part.”
Smart said the team did have some issues a few weeks ago but they were able to overcome them and remain for the most part, a healthy team.
Veteran journalist Stacey Mickles graduated from the University of Alabama and covers SEC football for Saturday Down South.
