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Thought it’d go sideways. The timing of Frazier’s commitment is no accident.
Actually, with all the self-promotion, I'm not so sure this was a big miss for UGA. I do not get this self-centered vibe from virtually any other Dawg currently on the team or committed. Don't wish him ill, but sure seems like a bad cultural fit here, so not a huge issue.
Very well said. We have some really selfless players on the team the last few years and even before with guys like Chubb and Michel. We will be fine without the kid.
Also, I would add that loyalty and devotion are that much more important in this day of money and NIL. If a guy doesn't understand that you get more NIL based on what you deliver to the team then is he really a team guy? I mean KJ wouldn't have even started next year because we have Aguero and Starks. Should he get more NIL then Starks? Starks is a stinking AA.
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I agree with Both of Y’all !! Take McConkey for example when Kirby first offered him it was well noted right here on DN that Ladd’s family were mostly and staunchly Vols fans !!
But Ladd has shown very clearly he’s All Dawg !! And I bet allot of his family are converts now !! My point being when Kirby offered Ladd and he accepted, he put aside all the Vol stuff and Poured himself into being a Dawg.
As some of you have duly noted, this young man Bolden seemed to only want to toy with Kirby and the Dawgs. I mean 16 visits ??!!?? Then to go to FSU over UGA as related to football ?? On the Defense ?? As more than apt in the Secondary ?? Absolutely Ludicrous !!
Even rivals that Hate UGA they many times admit that Kirby is a master of Defense, In Particular the Secondary !!!
So in my mind it near about Had to be two fold, the short term gratuity of NIL, and the mental image of fulfilling his childhood dream of wearing those Noles colors. In short summary he Blew It !!
He let a Huge & Fantastic opportunity go, for a much less short term pleasure. BUT as Yall and others have stated, and I fully agree, this is not a miss in reality. It’s a Blessing !!
I mean we Wouldn’t Want Ladd McConkey participating in practice and playing on the field with him constantly thinking and maybe even Saying, “ Oh I wish I was a Vol, I wish I was a Vol” !! With that type of thinking I extremely doubt that the Ladd McConkey we know and love would have even become the dynamic player that he Certainly is !!
Worse yet, if he blathered on in the locker room with laments about not being a Vol, the negativity would surely have some bad affect on his fellow players. And can we even begin to imagine how he’d be when we Play vs. the Vols ??!!??
We have Now and have had in the past Many Great Dawgs who grew up with an admiration for some other team. But when they were offered to BE a Dawg and accepted, they Totally discarded that and fully committed to the G !!
And this young man Bolden never had that type commitment in his mind and heart for UGA. So no matter how athletically skilled he is, in the long run we’re better off without him. I don’t Wish him any evil, but I honestly don’t think he will come close to being at FSU what he could have been ( with hard work and dedication) at UGA.
EVEN if he does manage to score really high in the NFL draft it will take 3x more personal effort from Him, because he Will Not get the same level of Elite Coaching he just turned down. First round draft pick (UGA) or fifth or maybe fourth round (FSU) He made his pick.
Enjoy that short term NIL money and those Noles colors is all I can say. And watch another player that was rated 4 or even 3 star in HS, picked Higher in the NFL draft because they Wisely chose UGA and Fully committed and dedicated themselves to being the best Dawg they can be !! Go Dawgs !!
I feel better just listening to the wisdom of so many of these comments.
I don't. I feel worse. Ready to see some actual football games and stop talking about 17 and 18 year old wanna be superstars. I hate it that I follow college football so closely but it is better than watching the news and I gave up volunteer work a year ago. Maybe I need another hobby but this seems relatively benign.
Better than the news...
I appreciate everyone’s passion, but when you get right down to it, plenty of defensive backs and safeties get drafted in the first round from schools not named UGA. The young man will have a much better chance at playing time early on at FSU. It’s not like he’s playing at Iowa State. Plenty of eyes will be on him in Tallahassee. He will get first team reps in practice sooner as well. We wish him well in his career and move on.
Hey, congrats on your recent upvote badge!
JUst too many articles written about on guy. I know all the prognosicators had him going to UGA but his comments about "no one knows where I'm going" told the tell for me. He had more articles about him the Arch Manning and that was too many. Neither chose UGA! Raolia was too many too, ( I didn't waste time reading them all but he did end up choosing UGA.
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Thank you. But I have no idea what you are talking about. I do, at times, look at who up votes who/what. So I know about half of my up votes come from you! LOL Obviously I do not comment to get up votes (or down votes). As most of you well know. ;)
A lot of DB's get drafted in the 1st rd that didn't go to UGA. Few of them would have fit in culturally at UGA (w/o some attitude ajustment). Do you really want that in your locker room? Remember 5* Zach Evans? Addition by subtraction. CKS gets it.
When I look at KJ Bolden I see Jalen Ramsey. And I see "Diva Mentality" spilling over to DB from the WR position. That really doesn't play well at UGA.
What is funny is how many media types got spoofed by him. Literally, I can see Mike Griffith and Brandon Adams lamenting the fact he chose FSU. You can envision the meeting that probably happened at Dawgnation a month ago when it was leaked he was coming to UGA. "Alright troopers, we have 1 KJ Bolden local boy out of Buford T. Justice High School who is coming to our beloved Georgia Bulldogs. Let's get poppin on those articles so we can flood the airwaves with everything everyone ever wanted to everlasting know about Mr. KJ Bolden. Alright pledgers errrr sportswriters now go and start writing!"
Then off they go writing furiously about said person. Yikes, how embarrassing for them and the fact now is none of us care anymore but but butt they need to get credit for all that hard work.
I think you might be down on some guys just trying to do a job. The job is supplying "Dawgnation" w/content for people/fans to read in the long off season. These guys are trying to give us something to hold the readers over until we can have real football again. Can you imagine having your job depend on the commentary, whims and gyrations of 16-17-18 yo HS jocks? No thanks!
Writing about (and following) HS recruiting is like lottery fantasies. It is nice to think of the "what if's " but the reality is you are going to win some (unlike the lottery) and lose some. It is fool's gold. But it is nice to think about getting all the best players in GA. It just doesn't happen. And hasn't happened for quite a while.
NIL has been a disadvantage to CKS and UGA recruiting. You can't buy everybody. And even if you could, aTm proved that a team of mercenaries does not a championship team make. The good news is that it has been a disadvantage to AL too. Saban annually stacked up the #1 recruiting class. Now the talent is spread around more to anybody with $$ to burn.
Recruiting becomes a little less important and development becomes more important. Still a UGA strength. CFB has changed and probably not for the better. Makes me wonder when someone will figure out that a junior football league could make money (like the G league only grander) and syphon off all the most talented HS players.