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I question whether Kirby has lost his edge. He's won 2 NC and an SEC this season. He could retire right now and go down arguably as UGA's greatest coach ever. HAs he become complacent? He ought to be going stark raving mad with the performance of the O-line this season. Heads should be rolling. I don't think Saban would let being 102 in the nation in rushing slide. Call me crazy. We averages 4.2 yards per carry in rushing. Wah way down from previous years. Totally unacceptable. Kirby?
NO sarcasm I assure you !! I always appreciate and enjoy your comments. But I caution whole heartedly All Dawgs fans to realize and appreciate Kirby losing his Dad and The Way he lost his Dad.
I Know that Kirby is a tough tough Dude but losing your Father Especially as close as they were is Devastating and not easy to get over. Yes you still function, you still do your job but you walk around in like sort of a fog for a while.
I’m not mister macho macho man but in my younger years I think I was as tough as the next guy. I was 37 yrs old when my Dad died and it Crushed me !! And as my Daddy had cancer I had more time to prepare than Kirby did.
Kirby as I understand it was Very Very close to his Dad. And the Way that his Dad died must have been ultra painful. I Know that the Show Must Go On. But I think it’s gonna be very difficult For Now for Kirby to function at an Elite level.
He Will get it together and get back to being razor sharp, but as he now has time to reflect on memories and emotions it’s gonna be Very painful for him for the next while. I did my job that I was paid for but there was a while there that I was like a robot just going through the motions. My Daddy died way back in 1993 and I still miss him…………
@reddawg1 Just so you know that wasn’t me that down voted you ! The old adage Time heals all wounds I’ve found to be true. Kirby is gonna need a little of that. He’ll be back in Full Force. But right at this moments Im sure his thinking of his Dad.
It’s actually very remarkable that he was able to coach the Sugar Bowl realizing his Dad was laying up in the hospital with a critical injury. He’ll compose himself and come back looking to Win in memory of his Dad. But for Right Now we should temper our expectations.
The QB room is up with Beck gone to Miami. It would be in even better shape if Beck had gone to the NFL last year. With him gone Gunner would have had a chance to get his bearings in the easier parts of the schedule rather than being thrown into the fire of the playoffs with one half of experience against Texas.
Beck wasn't committed to winning this year. This year was all about the $4Mil NIL and his draft status. He is taking another $4.4Mil from Miami and I expect about the same level of commitment. His NFL draft stock has dropped drastically and it is highly unlikely it will ever recover. His elbow is in all likelihood never going to be sound enough for an NFL franchise to take a chance on him in the draft. He will have to go the undrafted free agent route.
There are very few schools with deep enough pockets to contend in what NCAA football has become and you are right, without some structure and constraints it will be ruined in a few short years. When the viable competitors for the national championship is reduced to a handful of teams the fans will find something else to do on Saturday afternoons. It won't take long at the rate things are going.
NIL will be the downfall of college athletics and with some states already allowing NIL at the high school level that will also be destroyed in the end. It's all about greed at this point and no longer about any institution of learning providing an education. Student athletes will become just athletes and any education they might have received will be ignored. When this does trickle down to the high school level the trend of our schools graduating functional illiterates will get even worse because the non-athletes will want and receive the same level of education as the athletes.
Amen Brother !! Bravo !! Well Said !! Let’s Hope because that’s really All we have that somehow some way the powers that be can reel this thing in some, really Allot. But the genie has been let out of the bottle it’ll be an up hill climb. If they even bother to Try. If and when they do look for lawsuits galore !! The only happy people will be lawyers.