Georgia Football: Kirby Smart not a fan of Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’
During a strange time in a sports-less world, not even Georgia football coach Kirby Smart wants to take in the latest Netflix craze ‘Tiger King’.
It’s a weird time in everyone’s lives right now. While there are no sports to talk about for the first time in, well, forever, there’s a more serious problem facing the globe.
With everyone quarantining in the midst of this COVID-19 outbreak, Netflix decided it was the perfect time to release one of the strangest, most head-scratching documentaries in the history of its streaming service.
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness was released on March 20 and everyone seems to be on the binge-watching train (admittedly, I have yet to give in). Everyone except for Kirby Smart.
I asked Kirby Smart whether he watched "The Tiger King" during his quarantine:
— Seth Emerson (@SethWEmerson) March 31, 2020
"I got through two episodes. And I just couldn't do it, man, I couldn't stomach it. And everybody continues to talk about. ... That's not my cup of tea. I'm more of an Ozark guy."
Give Smart some credit, though. He gave the show a chance and then quit after two episodes because it’s not his cup of tea. That’s admirable. It’s better than what I’ve been doing which is putting it off because I know I’ll get hooked and I don’t need to be wasting 10 hours of my life on a series which my friends have said “is filled with unlikeable characters.”
Smart has the right mindset here. Give the viral documentary a chance and if you don’t like it, turn on season three of Ozark which just came out last Friday.
There’s a lot to be said about a guy who favors a top-tier show like Ozark over a documentary about a man who owns a truckload of tigers.
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As you can imagine, this quote was met with overwhelming support from Georgia fans but will ultimately get the “are you serious?” treatment from loyal watchers of the Netflix craze.
I stand with you, Kirby.