Georgia football made the biggest assistant coach hiring of the offseason on Monday when it announced that Scott Cochran, Nick Saban’s longtime head strength coach, is leaving to become Kirby Smart’s new special teams coordinator in Athens.
Georgia fans erupted in excitement while Alabama fans quickly went into meltdown mode on Twitter.
According to these tweets from ESPN’s college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit, both fanbases had every right to react the way that they did.
Herbstreit called this a “significant loss” for Alabama, adding that “assistants can come and go but not Cochran. This is a blow.”
This is a SIGNIFICANT loss for Bama and ridiculous coup by Kirby and UGA!
Is this the first sign of a “changing of the guard” in the SEC??? https://t.co/4AOszAeRqS— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) February 24, 2020
For a season yes. I’m talking long term.
That was a result of an OUTSTANDING LSU team that would not be denied. This, has the potential, to be the first REAL cracks in the Saban era. This was his right hand. Assistants can come and go but not Cochran. This is a blow. https://t.co/FW8T54US2N— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) February 24, 2020
Herbstreit ponders whether or not the departure of Cochran will be “the first real cracks in the Saban era.”
Here is more from our coverage on Cochran to Georgia:
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