ATLANTA — The confetti was falling a week ago in Pasadena, California, and everyone and everything Georgia was bathing in all things Rose Bowl championship.
Except Kirby Smart.
There he was, annoyed as all get-out, screaming at his operations manager that the celebration of Georgia's biggest win in nearly 40 years—the one he delivered as a second-year coach—was spilling over into Kirby time.
Or, more specifically, the result of winning was taking time away from from the process of winning.
"Let's get to the stage," Smart yelled as he was being pushed and led to the postgame celebration platform, "and get the heck out of here.