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Trust in the Kang!
Good view on the subject. DAWGS have had 4 QB's on the roster as long as I can remember. Beck, Vandagriff, Stockton, Muschamp (maybe not as talented as the others but still a decent QB) this past season. Bennett, Beck, Vandagriff, Stockton the year before.. and it keeps going. If 1 of the 4 current QB's were to transfer, there will be another talented QB step in to take their place, so I'm not worried. I wasn't worried when Raiola flipped, and not worried now. It's not uncommon at most power 5 schools to have 4 QB's on the roster. I also agree with the comment by Betheredge on the matter. You don't need to get in a situation where you're down to a 3rd string QB during the season, and expect miracles from said QB. Especially if QB3 has no experience. DAWGS will have 3 QB's with game experience, and a very talented Freshman in the mix also. Kirby is the Head Coach for a reason, and I'm just a fan, so in Kirby I trust..GoDAWGS!
OK I will state very clearly that I’m a Gunner Stockton fan. Of Course Always a Dawgs fan first. After Beck I’m really cheering for Gunner to be the #2 guy then The Man in 2025. BUT as I said I’m a Dawgs Team fan first. I want the very best players we have on the field as starters.
I don’t think Gunner has any fear of competition at all. Puglisi strikes me as being the same. So Beck is pretty much barring an utter and complete collapse which I very much doubt we’ll see, The Man this year. But now it looks like the #2 guy might be hotly contested. That’s Good, it should refine and make them Both better.
Unless Puglisi is just Super past his Experience level he’ll probably be the #3 guy as expected. Keeping in mind I’m a big Gunner Stockton fan, I Still think this is a good move, Because (God Forbid) it’s not unheard of for TWO QBs to get hurt. If that were to happen we’d have the very talented but very inexperienced Puglisi to fall back to had Kirby Not got this scholarship QB.
That’s Why Kirby makes the big $$$ and he knows Far more than I do. Had it been Me I’d have stuck with the three scholarship QBs, Beck, Stockton, Puglisi, and made the preferred walk-on C. Ginn my fourth guy. But that’s why I’m a recliner coach !! 😀 Let the competition begin !!
P.S. Hope the young man from UNLV realizes how brutal KS practices are !! Go Dawgs !!
“P.S. Hope the young man from UNLV realizes how brutal KS practices are !! Go Dawgs !!”
That is key! …… but I believe he does as he could have gone to that fluff program, USC, and chose not to!
What’s bad is I had just gotten used to spelling and pronouncing Raiola…. Now this!? 🤣🤣😎
The ONLY sound reason I can come up with is COMPETITION....Hope Maiava is a quick study cause right now Gunner, Muschamp and Drake have a year or more on him and Pugs has a couple of weeks....Pugs HS resume is more impressive than Maiava's Mt West work....but hey, Kirby knows more than I will ever know so in Kirby we will trust!
Good for you Conner. You're learning. This time you gave his height and weight along with a few stats. Great progress.😀
You gotta have crazy confidence to leave school after throwing for that many yards and TDs and go across the country for a guaranteed backup role this year and a stud waiting in the wings.
I’m not sure how I feel about adding another in the same class as Stockton but you have to admire the belief in yourself.
Defense wins championships!
UGA practices are notoriously physical. For everyone except the QB's. QB's are in no contact black jerseys 95% of the time unless it is a full scrimmage.
True that. But I bet the practices are as hard for no contact as possible for a QB !! Kirby wants the practices to be tougher than a real game so the players say, so that when it’s time to play their a little less intimidated by the gauntlet. Seems to lend to more injuries than other programs but Hey it works. 2023 was the worse year of Kirby’s tenure, but allot of those injuries Did happen in real games.
Anyway Kirby has the four scholly QBs now we’ll see what happens. He knows allot better than I do what’s best. I think it’s setting up for another run at a Natty !! Go Dawgs !!
Welcome aboard!
I believe that along with depth and competition, another advantage of having 4 QB's is being able to run more practice drills concurrently for the offense (especially the skill players). With more QB's (they will actually have 5 counting a PWO), you can have more of your receivers and DB's involved in drills instead of waiting in line for a rep. It is interesting that a guy like Maiava would transfer to a program where the depth chart already has impressive depth.
GO DAWGS!
CKS taking care of business, not getting caught with his pants down!
Cream rises most of the time.
I just don't think you portal in a player unless he's better than the 3 in his position depth chart. (In borderline cases, maybe a player has utility in multiple positions and/or special teams, but generally not QB.) But these are all great players or they wouldn't have a UGA scholly. And now that Maiava's a dawg, I embrace him wholeheartedly and hope the entire position group gets developed to their full potential and are highly productive between the hedges. Go Dawgs!