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Win some, Lose some. Just keep recruiting hard, great players will continue to come to UGA. Go Dawgs !!
The man knew his days of playing for UGA where a long way off... Have fun playing in a weak ass ACC conference though... Only the elite play in the SEC...the rest only wish they could play for championships...FACTS
I read your post, as it got my attention. So, I went back and read every post.
Guess what??? Not one "disparaging remark" toward Thomas or Alexander...or, any other player.
The remarks are primarily in the positive or neutral category, with respect to the Dawgs strength and confidence in the TE Group at UGA, Kirby's recruiting prowess, and effects of the TP and NIL.
Nothing disparaging here. Lol...you must be like one of those Mothers, that hollers out the door, for the kids to "behave themselves"...even though they're napping on the porch...just to seem like your on top of it. Lol
It's waaayyyy too early in the recruiting process, to get in a twist over any of this. It could change 5 or 10 times, between now and December. The biggest thing to remember, is...in the Kirby Smart Program...no single player is "equal to or greater than"....the team. Some guys can't handle that. Doesn't make em "bad players", though. It makes em, "bad potential Bulldogs".
It's like betting on a "dog race"....just because your dawg is in the back of the pack on the 1st turn...you don't tear up your tote ticket and go home. It's a long race with 4 turns...and our dawg is "a closer". Lol...literally and figuratively.
Kirby's got this. I don't concern myself with the kids that...knowing what UGA is, knowing who Kirby and the rest of his Staff are, knowing the follow-on success of the vast majority of UGA Graduates...still decide not to come to Athens.
That's fine. I don't blame em, if they're not prepared for the intensity of playing for a demanding taskmaster in a high-end Program. That level of commitment isn't for everybody. Better to "quit" now, than later...after thousands of manhours and dollars go into grooming, training and education.
Personally....I didn't think Bear Alexander was a good fit for UGA, last year. With all that busines in Texas, then "having to go to IMG" to play his final season??? None of that made any sense to me. There are ways to get around the "transfer rule" (in High School), Alexander blamed for his troubles.
"Bear" had changed my mind by the end of the CFPCG and the 2022 Season. I was sold. I thought he was all-in. I thought I misread him. Lol...then he goes and enters the Portal, just like I thought would happen. Reading kids in today's world is a valuable talent, if you have it...and Kirby has it in spades.
I honestly don't know how you could manage UGA's roster any better. There are coaches all across the Country....in all team sports...that are sitting up and taking notes on Kirby Smart's construction and operation of the UGA Football Program and coaching staff.
Even though he almost won a Natty 2 years into his tenure...he was on the 5 year plan. Build a sustainable Championship Program within 5 years...and, unlike every Coach that strives to do it (Jimbo?...Mullin?)...Kirby had a plan coming in...and, actually "executed it". A plan that he started developing over a decade ago, when he realized he was going to take over in Athens sooner or later.
@BigDawg61
When the first poster on this article calls a 17 year old kid he's never met before "self-centered" and "afraid" if that's not being disparaging then you should probably invest in a dictionary. Then phrases like "Only the elite play in the SEC" is just laughable. His hometown is only an hour from Tallahassee. Maybe he has a sick family member or family situation he doesn't want to reveal. It's not always because the kid isn't "prepared for the intensity of playing for a demanding taskmaster" 🙄🙄🙄 or a quitter as you labeled him out to be. If he wasn't Bulldog material then why was Kirby recruiting him in the first place?
Do what you have to do Kid it's your life. With that being said, back to back go Dawgs
Very well said.
" Who knows? Before it's all said and done, he might flip back. Or, we may not care if we ever hear about him again. Go Dawgs!".......DallasDawg, my sentiments exactly.....He sounds just like Bear 2.0. Being the #1 TE having played for the Packer Hogs in Moultrie, GA and going to FSU, He can relish in the knowledge that he'll be a 5 Star HS TE for the next 3-4 years. I'm of the opinion that once a player commits then decommits, before he could ever recommit, he'd have to convince KS and TH his heart and sole was absolutely committed to The G!
"calls a 17 year old kid he's never met before "self-centered" and "afraid" if that's not being disparaging then you should probably invest in a dictionary."____@CClayC88
Reading is fundamental (RIF).....He didn't say Alexander was "self-centered or afraid"....he said, "IF THEY'RE too self-centered or afraid to face competition". Referencing ALL recruits and current players.
You are the one that applied those labels to Alexander, because you chose to read it that way....or because the labels fit, in your mind, so you assumed that's what he was saying.
The Poster is "not wrong" and didn't reference Alexander by name. Maybe you should invest in a book on English Grammer. Lol...and, the words "self-centered" and "afraid" are not "disparaging words"....they are descriptions of human behavior possessed by the vast majority of Earth's population. "Afraid" and "self-centered" can be a positive or negative... depending on application.
And...BTW...Alexander is from Texas...not Tallahassee. Doesn't mean he doesn't have a Cousin or something in Tallahassee...but, it does mean that Florida is not his "home". Just sayin'..
A person that sets out on a road and commits....then, when things don't go their way or get a little tough, quits and changes direction...is technically, "a quitter". If you find being called "a quitter" disparaging and don't want to be called a "quitter"...then don't quit. Lol
There are no family issues. They flat out said.. "he's leaving, because he's not happy with the amount of playing-time he's getting". Basically, the same reason Jermaine Johnson left...to go to Tallahassee. Mims also looked at....Tallahassee, before changing his mind and returning to UGA.
If I had to guess...I'd say, Florida St. is poaching the Bulldogs...and, now they've got TP/NIL to help em out. They'll get caught sooner or later.
"If he wasn't Bulldog material then why was Kirby recruiting him in the first place?"_____@CClayC88
Kirby has a "miss" here and there...just not as many as his fellow HC's.
I got one better, for ya....Why didn't UGA recruit Wil Anderson? Anderson wanted to attend UGA...but, Kirby wouldn't or couldn't offer him a scholarship. Why?
Nobody's "Perfect". Lol
DAWGS will be fine, no need to panic. If any position group can take a major hit like this, it is the loaded TE room at UGA. Best of luck in Tallahassee young man..GoDAWGS!