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Kirby Smart says key aspect in coaching running backs is to, ‘get them to the bus’

Kirby Smart offered a surprising approach when he hired Dell McGee as Georgia’s running backs coach.

Georgia tailback Nick Chubb (27) runs a drill during practice at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., Saturday, August 20, 2016. (Photo/ John Roark, Athens Banner-Herald)

“The worst thing you can do is coach those guys,” Smart said to the Touchdown Club of Athens Monday. “If they run the ball good, let them run the ball. Let them be who they are.”

More importantly, according to Smart, McGee, who previously coached two seasons at Georgia Southern, is charged with adding elite recruits to the backfield.