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Terrible approach to life my friend!
These receivers had so much potential but the injury bug... I hate to see them go.
This is a head scratcher for sure. He needs to see what happened to Burton when he left. Maybe he thinks, or knows, we aren’t going to throw it as much next year. Still SMH. Go Dawgs!!
The end result of Texas Oil money and Texas meddling... The NIL has effectively made College Football a REAL minor league for the NFL...
Lol...exactly how much "NIL Money" do you think Mitchell is worth? More than UGA's Collective was willing to give him? I highly doubt NIL money had anything at all, to do with his decision. He's only a year away from possibly, a huge payday in the NFL. All he has to do, is stay healthy and keep doing what he's doing.
If he played on any other team, with any other QB...nobody would know who Mitchell was. He's barely been on the field for the last two regular seasons. He made a name for himself, in the CFP.
Mr October (Reggie Jackson)...meet Mr December (AD Mitchell). He's a clutch player that Bennett and the Dawgs were fortunate to have, in the '21 & '22 CFP.
Oh...and watch out for McConkey, Rosemy-JackSaint and Arian Smith next year...not to mention Rara Thomas and Lovett. Dang...what a group! Those guys are going to stretch the field for Beck...or, whomever winds up being UGA's QB, in 2023.
Throw in all the other targets at the TE/RB position...and, the Dawgs are gonna be flat out, UNSTOPPABLE next year.
Did I miss where the article explains that Mitchell is just chasing a check and that's that?
This isn't unprecedented. Tyrique Stevenson was a starter - and in fact made a huge play for Georgia in the final seconds of his last game here, sort of like Mitchell's catch against Ohio State - and up and left to be closer to home, just like Mitchell appears to be. These comments judging him and questioning his character are embarrassing to read through. Even those that are neutral or positive, but still framed around the assumption that it's nothing more than NIL seem misguided in the absence of any real confirmation.
If I'm wrong about this, I'm sure y'all will let me know. Just be sure to bring more evidence than the mere fact that he's probably leaving.
@KhunKhaoDawg So after 2 nattys in a row, Kirby should change his offense to get better receivers, so those same receivers can get drafted higher? Kirby's job is to win games and championships, and he seems to be very good at it. But he needs to change so some receivers won't transfer in the portal and some may get drafted higher? Comments like yours make me even more thankful for CKS than I was before.
@KhunKhaoDawg
My apologies I was trying to respond to @thadec, who was responding to you. I am new at this I am also old. So that's 2 pretty good excuses right there. Go Dawgs.😀
i think AD had the best pure hands of all the receivers; saw him make some amazing catches in the two years. NIL may be a factor in his decision, but if it is, so what? That's part of the college sports' scene now. i like to think he's likely heading to Texas to be close to home as well as getting more focus time. We can only spread the ball around so much, and as long as we carry as talented and as large a receiver corps as we have, we won't likely have another receiver with AJ Green type numbers. One super star receiver (or RB or TE) is great to showboat one individual, but having five on the field at any one time, and the QB able to target any of them makes us extremely difficult to defend. Look at what TCU did to Texas; completely shut down Robinson, as he was their primary threat. i'm a little surprised to see AD leave, but i wish him look wherever he winds up.
Are. You. Flipping. Kidding. Me???!!!
Arch Manning, possibly? That doesn't even make sense, though...
@E_Roc
Yeah, man. I like the way you're thinking. This is always the catch with stuff like this. All we can do is speculate, and that's worth about half as much as a cowboy's fart. I commented just below before reading anyone else's comments, which isn't usually how I roll, but I was pretty taken aback by that news and... didn't follow personal protocol (HA!). Anyhow, YES! There's (almost) always more than money and fame involved (I can't imagine fame-chasing by going to Texas, even IF they've got a Manning on campus now; not for Mitchell, who has consistently made a name for himself in clutch situations for UGA over these past two (NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP-WINNING!!) years), and we cannot know what's going through kids' heads. More than that - as I've said here many times - it's not our business. Do we love the U of GA, and them boys that represent it on the gridiron? Heck, yes!! Do those same boys owe us any explanation for their decisions, even when those decisions cause us anxiety about what the future of that program is going to look lie? Heck, no! Do we have to be big boys and girls about it and not cast aspersions on young men who are being guided in all sorts of directions and still trying to figure the world out, because we know that it's not always so simple? Heccckkkkk no. Are we STILL allowed to wonder, even if our questions will almost definitely never be answered. Dang right!
All that to say, GO DAWGS! AD will be missed, but I've got a feeling we're going to be ok.
@thadec I agree with a lot of your very quantitative post (why DawgNation's Comments section is so often better than the original article). I have no idea, but to me, the "get closer to home" element here seems pretty real. Also, I love Kirby, but ... the way he makes WRs hit and be physical in practice is IMO a contributor to the never-ending injury bug we seem to have in the WR room. And Ladd is coming back - good for team; less balls to go around for other receivers.
Go somewhere else where I don't get pounded every day in practice and have a chance to have a 1000 yard year? (I saw an Arkansas game this year and could not believe it - "is that our old Matt Landers?"), I might make the switch, too. Especially if I already had 2 rings. And if his destination is Texas, you nailed it: Coach Sark and maybe, Arch Manning.
YES! Think about how many folks from OSU want to whine that we "took out their best receiver" while we had so many of our DAWGS out of that game. Think about how many Bummers want to cry about what the SECCG would have been like if Metchie and Williams were in the game... If you can boil your team down to one or two guys, you don't have a team. I absolutely loved the article last year about our "no-name defense" embracing its no-name status. Building a team is building a TEAM, not a good collection of guys.
I agree...the days are gone, when a Herschel Walker or Cam Newton can put a team on their back, and take em to the Promised Land. The game has evolved...much like Baseball, with the DH, big bullpens and specialty players.
It's NEVER a good idea to rely on 1 or 2 players to get you a Natty. Look what happens when one of em goes down, or is neutralized by injury. Like BAMA last year with their WRs and this year, with Young injured and OSU's WR group...all you're left with are 'excuses" instead of wins.
Kirby has turned UGA Football, back into a team sport and fun to watch.
I'll take Kirby/Monken calling the shots vs. you @thedec.
BTW, Manning won't be starting at Texas while AD plays - if he goes there. Ewers will start this year. AD will leave after one year.