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re: UGA Fans - Fran Tarkenton Question
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:12 am to Pettifogger
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:12 am to Pettifogger
I think the rift is because he seems to be, by nature, a highly critical person with a good dose of arrogance. He loves UGA and is very opinionated about the program, coaches and players. His mouth has no filter. He says publicly what he thinks and that rubs a lot of people the wrong way. I can see why the University and Athletic Department don't go out of their way to celebrate his legacy. He has been highly critical of most everyone since Goff. A lot of bridges have been burned. He isn't exactly the guy they feel all warm and fuzzy about asking back to honor when he consistently criticizes the hell out of them. A lot of us fans are not bothered by a guy who doesn't sugar coat everything and calls it how he sees it but then again, we are not the ones being criticized. Kevin Butler gets as close to that as possible without going to far. I am often surprised that he still has a role in the post game show with some things he said the last few years.
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Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:21 am to Dick Leverage
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I think the rift is because he seems to be, by nature, a highly critical person with a good dose of arrogance. He loves UGA and is very opinionated about the program, coaches and players. His mouth has no filter. He says publicly what he thinks and that rubs a lot of people the wrong way. I can see why the University and Athletic Department don't go out of their way to celebrate his legacy. He has been highly critical of most everyone since Goff. A lot of bridges have been burned. He isn't exactly the guy they feel all warm and fuzzy about asking back to honor when he consistently criticizes the hell out of them. A lot of us fans are not bothered by a guy who doesn't sugar coat everything and calls it how he sees it but then again, we are not the ones being criticized. Kevin Butler gets as close to that as possible without going to far. I am often surprised that he still has a role in the post game show with some things he said the last few years.
This sounds like Auburn and Chuck to some extent. But I think we're largely on the same page now, the divide really only flares up when he tries to take some racial stand that involves the school.
But Auburn has embraced/celebrated Barkley a little more, but Barkley also has more cultural relevance to the younger crowd than Fran, so I think that probably makes sense.
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