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While it is great if the coaches can help the players develop and become NFL ready, their primary job is to win at the school they are coaching for. It doesn't matter how many players they get prepared for the NFL at that players NFL position, if it costs the team games they have not done their job.

It was obvious to all that Catalina was a guard. Guess what position he held on NFL practice squads for 3 years? And we all know about Wynn earning all american and 1st round draft grade at T. The very next season validated the incorrect position for both players. The rumor is that Catalina was promised a position at LT in order to transfer to UGA. And if that is true, i would break my promise 6 games in. Catalina wasnt holding up his end of the deal. He was hurting both himself and his team. That is a decision yhat a coach needs to make (i love ya, but you are 22 years old and wrong. You need to move inside).

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which is why it is futile to criticize the coaches for doing something when we don't know or understand the situation fully.

That premise would excuse criticism of everyone all of the time. "You dont know the situation fully for the president, governor, congressperson, law enforcement officer, judge, etc.." No one could be accountable for actions and decisions because how could you fully understand from the outside.

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I don't think so. I just think it is unwise to criticize someone that has more information, more knowledge and a better understanding of a situation than I do.

When my son was 8 years old we would take him to the doctor when he got sick and the doctor would prescribe medicine for him. He tried to refuse to take the medicine and replied "That doctor doesn't know what he is talking about!" (Absolutely true story)
Seems dumb for an 8 year old to criticize a doctor, right? The average fan has the knowledge and information an 8 year old has compared to a major college coach that has played and coached for 30+ years. No matter how much we THINK we know, we really don't know much at all in the grand scheme of things.

When my daughter was one, she got an infection. We had the amoxicyllin medicine like all young parents. And our daughter fought us over taking the medicine. The doctors suggested mixing it with marshmellow. Suggested forcing it down.
Once we got the medicine down, she started having a horrible reaction.

The lesson is to be hyper aware. Notice what doesnt look or seem right.
Use your senses and gut instinct to investigate and advocate.
My 1 year old daughter was allergic to penicillin.
People are people. Human and extremely fallible. Blindly trusting the doctor's advice (who is much more qualified with medicine and small children than i am) distressed my daughter's health and well being.

I will strongly agree to disagree.

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Posted by DawgsLife

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Posted on 4/3/22 at 5:21 pm to meansonny

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It was obvious to all that Catalina was a guard. Guess what position he held on NFL practice squads for 3 years?

There could be dozens of reasons why the coaches placed him at Tackle instead of guard. One being no other viable tackle.

Why do you think they played him at tackle instead of guard? Do you think Pittman and Kirby are that bad in evaluating talent?

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That premise would excuse criticism of everyone all of the time.

Not really. I mean if you are "in the know" with personal experience or happen to know all the intangibles then have at it.
Do you think it reasonable to criticize someone when there are other reasons that you are not privy to at play? That is why I prefer to allow people with the correct knowledge to correct situations. There have been many, many instances of people being accused of malfeasance and later finding out that the information that criticism/accusation was based on was incorrect.
Richard Jewell would be one example and that would not even be the most recent or egregious.

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My 1 year old daughter was allergic to penicillin.

Here is the key. They did not have all the information and made a poor suggestion. Right?

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Blindly trusting the doctor's advice (who is much more qualified with medicine and small children than i am) distressed my daughter's health and well being.

But the doctors were making their diagnosis based upon the information they had....and did not have all of the information. I think you made my point for me.