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Really want to commend MG for calling out CB's mentality here vs just talent and tactical things.

The problem, IMHO, is not only how precise he is with his deep ball, pressured or not, or his talent or that of others. It's that "do the necessary" that SBIV and other QBs beyond UGA seem to pull out when they absolutely MUST. We didn't see much of that from CB this past Saturday, nor did we see it in the SEC championship last year.

The "Miami Vice" attitude CB seems to exude has created a larger cultural issue that is reflected by the dead look in several players eyes when they got smacked around when there should be fire. I'd argue all the other players with fast car issues off the field is further evidence of this... it's not just NIL alone, or we'd be seeing this all over NCAAF across the country (and, yes, I know other teams have problems and their host towns may be more lenient... but the numbers are huge).

When you believe the hype and start celebrating your success long before you've actually had much, that's a form of entitlement that causes rot... while Kirby never says it explicitly (no good coach would... Saban aside), if you read between the lines, you'll see he's all over this complacency issue. It's also why he had to step in and fire up his team in Q4 when his QB obviously could not. Looking at that sideline Saturday, there was way too much fear and/or resignation on the faces of too many Dawgs, esp. 1s and 2s.

Is this actually addressable? I guess we'll see. Even Saturday's slugfest can't change the basic nature of an individual in a few weeks. However, if anybody can do it, CKS is the man. If we lose to 'Bama, I can guarantee he will shake up this team so hard that their great-great-grandchildren will hear stories about it long after all of us on this site are gone 🤣🤣🤣

Wishing CB the strength and grace to focus and grow (quickly), those injured the time to heal, and the whole team the courage to become like the unified, take-no-prisoners warriors we've seen in previous UGA seasons.

Go Dawgs!

I'll pile on and agree with all on the Beck "stock down"... but not that far down from my own "market" perspective, as I think the hype has far exceeded the actual play this year... and a little bit last year, maybe

I said well over a year ago that I always found Beck missing the one thing a strong leader (which is what a QB is) needs: passion. The most frustrating thing for me the whole game was not the play calling, or the lack of RB rotation, the basic elimination of TEs from most of the game plan, or even the frequently poor tackling... it was watching the complete lack of "fire" (to quote CKS) from Carson for the first three quarters.

For those first three, the camera frequently showed him sitting on the bench or standing by himself. No collaboration with team mates, no pumping up the team, and not even watching the game a number of times.

I recall how hard people were on SBIV for his stature, mediocre measurable, mistakes, etc... but he played with GUTS and the team responded to him when the #$&+ hit the fan. They believed in him, that's for sure.

Carson is without a doubt incredibly talented, amazingly intelligent, and has all the measurables... but when the chips are down, can he fire up his team and get them to push beyond their perceived limits? I'm not sure. In the UK game, Kirby clearly had to do it for him.

A colleague of mine (a world class leader, now passed away) used to say "great leaders know how to get people to perform beyond what they think they are capable of"... I think the jury is still out on CB on that point.

If CB can't develop that trait, and fast, I fear we're not going to have 2 or 3 really tough games/results in 2024, but 4-6 🤔🫤🤷‍♂️

All that said (and apologies for one of my longest posts ever 😜), I'm rooting for CB to do great... for the fans, the team, but mostly himself.

Go Dawgs!!!!!!!!! 🤠