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Were you a Garcia lover or hater?
Posted on 7/12/14 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 7/12/14 at 7:50 pm
Curious with his involvement on SDS coming up what posters thought of him when he played here. Seems like there was no middle ground with the guy and fans either loved him or hated him.
I'll admit I was a Garcia hater. Couldn't stand watching him heave the ball down field, and I wish we had stuck with Shaw in 2011 because Garcia looked awful out there.
That said I hope he does very well at SDS
I'll admit I was a Garcia hater. Couldn't stand watching him heave the ball down field, and I wish we had stuck with Shaw in 2011 because Garcia looked awful out there.
That said I hope he does very well at SDS
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Posted on 7/12/14 at 8:03 pm to Cockopotamus
I loved him and hated him. My opinion of him were as inconsistent as his football skills.
Posted on 7/12/14 at 8:18 pm to Cockopotamus
Loved him.
Loved watching him run specifically. He would truck LBers and take on the hit.
Loved watching him run specifically. He would truck LBers and take on the hit.
Posted on 7/12/14 at 8:22 pm to CockRocket
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Loved watching him run specifically. He would truck LBers and take on the hit.
He'd also fumble. Besides chucking the ball down the field this was the most frustrating thing he did imo.
@Auburn in 2010 is a prime example of why he was an idiot to do that every time.
Posted on 7/12/14 at 8:43 pm to Cockopotamus
I won't say that I "loved" him (that's gay), but I supported him until he got dismissed. He struggled to consistently become a dependable QB, but the potential was always there and at it's height in 2010, until the final 3 games of the season.
The news of his transgressions prior to the bowl game was very disheartening, but he was still in position to become USC's all-time record-holding QB in pretty much every category, and with Alshon and Marcus the sky seemed the limit. But he fell back to his older level of play, and then he was gone.
It was a whole shame IMO how his career ended, but as everyone knows (including himself) he brought it all on himself. And we ended up winning 11 games and our 1st bowl game in some time, so I moved on fairly quickly...
The news of his transgressions prior to the bowl game was very disheartening, but he was still in position to become USC's all-time record-holding QB in pretty much every category, and with Alshon and Marcus the sky seemed the limit. But he fell back to his older level of play, and then he was gone.
It was a whole shame IMO how his career ended, but as everyone knows (including himself) he brought it all on himself. And we ended up winning 11 games and our 1st bowl game in some time, so I moved on fairly quickly...
Posted on 7/12/14 at 9:04 pm to Cockopotamus
I defended him for as long as I could. Maybe it's because we had shite behind him for most of his career. I remember being pretty pissed about shaw starting the ECU game. 
Posted on 7/12/14 at 11:51 pm to Cockopotamus
Neither loved nor hated him. I liked him and wanted him to do well when he was playing for us and I still want him to do well. He made a few decisions both on and off the field that disappointed me and made me shake my head but that's not unique.
Posted on 7/13/14 at 5:16 am to Cockopotamus
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Neither loved nor hated him. I liked him and wanted him to do well
^^^This
I was on gogamecocks forums at the time and after the first Auburn game in '10, I wrote all my feelings out about how Garcia was a good band-aid but not the QB we needed and that the lil bit I seen from Shaw proved to me that Shaw should and would take his job from him...
Man the Garcia supporters there slayed me for the next 5 pages.... I think the old ladies and guys over there had him in there rub tub and spank banks respectively.
Posted on 7/13/14 at 10:35 am to Cockopotamus
I liked him, I thought he was a good player. After his last infraction and he was let go, I thought it was time to move on and I wasn't sad. Connor went on to be the best QB since Petty. I hope Garcia does really well in his journalism career.
Posted on 7/13/14 at 2:39 pm to CockInYourEar
It is hard to say that I hated him because of the uniform he wore. With that being said I think the reason we were successful with him as QB was because of the talent around him at the time. Alshon could catch the wind if it blew his way and Marcus was a work horse that could give you 40 carries if need be. But watching Garcia play was like watching a monkey swallow a hand grenade. It was hard to watch but you couldn't take your eyes away.
Posted on 7/13/14 at 2:58 pm to Cockopotamus
I was always torn about Garcia.
His Mom and Dad used to come by the Cockaboose all the time and I liked them both a lot. He came by once or twice and we always had to be careful letting him pass through for obvious reasons, but he was polite enough and behaved around his parents.
We were at the Auburn game in 2010 and that game infuriated me. He blew it, but at the same time he had us in position to win. And we would have won were it not for his late turnovers.
Shaw comes in and Spurrier admits the bad play call over the middle that was intercepted, and the second interception was not Shaw's fault, the one down in the corner of the endzone, but I said after that game that if Spurrier did not start Shaw from that point forward he was wrong.
Good gosh but I was pissed after the SECCG, especially when I heard about Garcia partying-it-up a couple of nights before the game.
Then comes 2011 and correct me if I am wrong but we would have lost that opener to ECU had Spurrier not benched Shaw and brought-in Garcia. But then Garcia turns around and totally blows it against Auburn at home.
It was like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Garcia behind center and that just got old.
I was glad to see him go. I'll remember him fondly for the UF and Bama games, but even then it was more about Lattimore than it was Garcia.
I didn't love him or hate him, I just tolerated him and wished he would turn his act around and live-up to his potential and get serious about the game ... but he never did.
We should have seen it coming at the Under Armor game when he was calling himself Achilles and swinging the sword with the long hair and all that crap. Then the scratching the car incident ... I mean he had all these gifts but he had the mind of a ten year old brat.
I can't pass judgement though. I get it, I do. He was only worried about partying and getting poon. He's going to look back on this era of his life one day and regret it I suspect. What could have been.
I wish him well, I really do. He's not a bad person. Maybe he reminds me of someone I know.
His Mom and Dad used to come by the Cockaboose all the time and I liked them both a lot. He came by once or twice and we always had to be careful letting him pass through for obvious reasons, but he was polite enough and behaved around his parents.
We were at the Auburn game in 2010 and that game infuriated me. He blew it, but at the same time he had us in position to win. And we would have won were it not for his late turnovers.
Shaw comes in and Spurrier admits the bad play call over the middle that was intercepted, and the second interception was not Shaw's fault, the one down in the corner of the endzone, but I said after that game that if Spurrier did not start Shaw from that point forward he was wrong.
Good gosh but I was pissed after the SECCG, especially when I heard about Garcia partying-it-up a couple of nights before the game.
Then comes 2011 and correct me if I am wrong but we would have lost that opener to ECU had Spurrier not benched Shaw and brought-in Garcia. But then Garcia turns around and totally blows it against Auburn at home.
It was like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Garcia behind center and that just got old.
I was glad to see him go. I'll remember him fondly for the UF and Bama games, but even then it was more about Lattimore than it was Garcia.
I didn't love him or hate him, I just tolerated him and wished he would turn his act around and live-up to his potential and get serious about the game ... but he never did.
We should have seen it coming at the Under Armor game when he was calling himself Achilles and swinging the sword with the long hair and all that crap. Then the scratching the car incident ... I mean he had all these gifts but he had the mind of a ten year old brat.
I can't pass judgement though. I get it, I do. He was only worried about partying and getting poon. He's going to look back on this era of his life one day and regret it I suspect. What could have been.
I wish him well, I really do. He's not a bad person. Maybe he reminds me of someone I know.
Posted on 7/13/14 at 3:21 pm to scrooster
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Good gosh but I was pissed after the SECCG, especially when I heard about Garcia partying-it-up a couple of nights before the game.
I could be wrong but I thought that was before the Peach Bowl. The only reason is because I went to the game and when I heard about his hotel party I got pissed. On the plus side I got a chance to meet a real stand up guy, T.J. Johnson, at a restaurant on the way home after the game. He was with his girlfriend and when I asked him for his autograph I realized what a great guy he was.
Posted on 7/13/14 at 5:24 pm to CNB
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I loved him and hated him. My opinion of him were as inconsistent as his football skills.
pretty much this.
such great heights (Alabama win) and terrible lows. it really was a pain to watch him because you didn't know what you were going to get.
Posted on 7/13/14 at 5:25 pm to big6ben9
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I could be wrong but I thought that was before the Peach Bowl. The only reason is because I went to the game and when I heard about his hotel party I got pissed.
it was the Peach Bowl; we lost to FSU.
Posted on 7/13/14 at 7:50 pm to big6ben9
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I could be wrong but I thought that was before the Peach Bowl. The only reason is because I went to the game and when I heard about his hotel party I got pissed.
No, you're right. I confused my trips to Atlanta that year, plus the one to Auburn where we stayed in Atlanta made three.
We were actually loaded that year if we stop and think about it .... we could have been a lot better than we were if Garcia would have gotten serious.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 10:31 am to Cockopotamus
I sat next to him in one of my classes, and he was a really nice guy.
But, I'll remember him as a wasted talent. If he put in the effort he could have been our greatest QB.
But, I'll remember him as a wasted talent. If he put in the effort he could have been our greatest QB.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 5:36 pm to careyhhi
Well Garcia finally makes it to Hoover for SEC media days.
iirc Spurrier never took him as a player
iirc Spurrier never took him as a player
Posted on 7/14/14 at 5:44 pm to Cockopotamus
Dude hasn't change a bit
Posted on 7/14/14 at 9:42 pm to Cockopotamus
Hated him when he lost.
Loved him when he won.
That's how I am with any player.
Loved him when he won.
That's how I am with any player.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 12:16 pm to Cockopotamus
Loved him as a player. He had a fearlessness to him that I admired, despite his inconsistent play.
Hated him as a person. Went over to a house party on Harden one night and he was there. Somehow got paired up with him for a game of beer pong. He was such a douche.
This was in the early years of his college career, though. I heard he got more friendly and personable as time went on.
Hated him as a person. Went over to a house party on Harden one night and he was there. Somehow got paired up with him for a game of beer pong. He was such a douche.
This was in the early years of his college career, though. I heard he got more friendly and personable as time went on.
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