ESPN analyst perfectly outlines distinct advantage Kirby Smart, Georgia have over SEC

You cannot put a price on continuity. The teams that win the most in sports often do so because they have the best coaches. Great players come and go, but having the right people in charge of a team will go a long way. When it comes to Kirby Smart leading Georgia, what is not to love? Smart has won a pair of national titles since taking over his alma mater a decade ago. Most schools do not have that.

ESPN's Peter Burns outlined three key areas where Georgia has a massive advantage over the SEC.

1. Not paying buyout money to a fired head coach
2. Having a coach that played for his school
3. Having a coach with no real drive to test NFL waters

Georgia not being listed on The Next Round's list of former SEC coaches buyout money is priceless.

While Georgia can continue to put a bigger emphasis on NIL in recruitment, player retention, and whatnot, at least the big-pocketed boosters' money is not going to some failed head coach's buyout. As you can see, Auburn, Florida, and LSU all have had to pay multiple coaches big-time money to go away. That money is not being used to improve a team, but to make a problem go away immediately.

The fact Smart is thriving at his alma mater makes him even more inclined to stay put at Georgia.

Kirby Smart is providing Georgia so many underrated coaching benefits

Let's go back to the three pillars Burns addressed on why Georgia has such a huge advantage over the rest of the SEC. First, the money goes toward program-building and not program-saving. Second, being a UGA alum does wonders for him not only on the recruiting trail, but fully understanding what makes Athens such a special place. As for the third, Smart knows he does not need the NFL either...

At this stage of his life, Smart has spent part of two seasons in and around the NFL. He went undrafted out of Georgia in 1999. He was with the Indianapolis Colts during the preseason that year before hanging up the spikes for good to get into coaching. From 1999 to now, the only season he spent coaching in the NFL was on the 2006 Miami Dolphins as mentor Nick Saban's safeties coach.

So for a head coach like Smart, why would he want to work anywhere else? He is the pinnacle of his profession at the greatest place on earth for him! Josh Brooks is very fortunate that Smart is not regularly being tied to bad NFL jobs every offseason. Do you really think Smart would up and leave to go coach the dysfunctional Atlanta Falcons? No shot! Not every coach is as lucky as Smart is in this.

For example, in Ralph Russo's head-coaching forecasting post for 2030 on The Athletic from late last week, he has Georgia defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann eventually leaving for South Carolina. While Schumann is not a Georgia alum, he has been with Smart every step of the way since he took over in Athens in 2016. Furthermore, he may never be a candidate to lead his alma mater of Alabama.

In the end, Georgia has the perfect person to lead its football team. We are talking about a successful head coach, thriving at his alma mater, who has no real interest in making the jump to the NFL. While Georgia may not ever repeat as national champions again, probably because no one will, Smart has laid the foundation necessary for the Bulldogs to always be a step ahead of the rest of their league.

For as long as Smart keeps the pedal to the metal, Georgia will not be slowing down anytime soon.