re: Fields to Transfer per USA Today

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I’m still not bought in that that’s what is happening given his sister is coming here to play softball.

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Agreed, but the optics are bad all the same, right before ESD. Just like with recruiting, we need the guys who WANT to be Dawgs.

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Tyson opened the season as a starter, a feat rarely accomplished by a true freshman. He played fairly well but had times when he struggled. He then got replaced as a starter, but he worked hard in practice and still got game time as a back-up. Why didn't he decide to transfer for a starting role elsewhere? THIS is what makes a Georgia player worthy of being a DGD. Many players that didn't star, or even start, earn that accolade. Tyson might do that.

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Absolutely agree.

Reported on another board that this debacle is breaking at this point because of a “guru” looking to use Fields to get a job. No idea if this actually the case.

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Tell me how many QBs who have made it in NFL transferred in college.

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Baker Mayfield. Jeff Driskel. Will Grier at WVa will go high in the draft. Russell Wilson.

Surprised Patterson had to have a lawyer. He should have got the waiver easily.

Whatever, I think the lesson learned is dont bring in two high profile guys in back to back years.

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Whatever, I think the lesson learned is dont bring in two high profile guys in back to back years.

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If that was the case we wouldn’t have landed Fromm.

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If that was the case we wouldn’t have landed Fromm.

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True, but it also means you're going to go through this over and over because there's only a year of separation. If Fromm was a junior this year, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

Interesting perspective from GTP

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Kirby’s made it clear he’ll go after as many five-star kids as he can take at any key position, regardless of the backlog it may create. He’s selling opportunity, so what kind of message does it send to recruits if he fights a kid’s subsequent transfer attempt when the logjam reaches critical mass? From his standpoint, the most important thing is for the pipeline to be refilled constantly.

Now, two points need to be made here. One, Fields hasn’t made a final decision, per Schlabach and Nabulsi. In fact, he’s still practicing with the team and is expected to play in the Sugar Bowl. All signs point to his leaving, but if he hasn’t quite pulled the trigger yet, I suspect that gets back to the NCAA waiver question.

Second, I’m sure there are going to be a lot of fingers pointed at the coaches as to how Fields was used this season, with that being the subtext behind the transfer decision. Occam’s razor suggests otherwise to me.

Fromm, meanwhile, developed into one of the best quarterbacks in the country. The sophomore is third in the nation in passer efficiency rating (175.81) with 2,537 yards, 27 touchdown passes and four interceptions.

Fromm will be a junior next season…

I think Fields was sincere when he made his decision to sign with Georgia and said he wasn’t afraid of competition. I think Smart was sincere when he told Fields and his family the freshman would have a legitimate chance to win the starting job this season. Fromm simply made that impossible.

It’s a little ironic, then, to complain about the coaches’ work with Fields while noting Fromm’s remarkable improvement in year two. There’s a track record at work there suggesting that Fields may be in for better times were he to stay. I even suspect that may be a factor in his decision making about whether to stay or go. In the end, though, if Fields believes he can leave and start immediately, I don’t see any way he stays in Athens.

However it goes, more power to him. Everybody has to do what’s best for himself.

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I think the lesson learned is dont bring in two high profile guys in back to back years.

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I don't think that's the lesson at all. QBs can flame out too easily to go after a "diamond in the rough" type of player every other year. That style of recruiting is how you end up with a grad transfer from Virginia starting for a year.

So here is what I am seeing as to reasons Fields is Xferring:
1) Lack of playing time as a TRUE FRESHMAN
2) Couldn't beat Fromm for the starting job
3) Doesn't want to wait his time
4) Didn't get any opportunities in games
5) He feels racially-profiled due to some comment made by a drunk Baseball Player


Here is the real reasons:
1) He came in with a sense of entitlement and got humbled
2) He came in and thought he could take the starting job and got humbled
3) He thinks he won't ever beat out Fromm...guess we will never know, but that attitude sucks anyways
4) He got plenty of opportunities in games and only showed out once. His scrambling ability did not impress me but on more then one occasion he was unable to stand in the pocket and throw the ball.
4) Using a hot topic like Racism to get to another school asap so he can get to the league asap is beyond selfish and frankly, embarrassing

My opinion.

Wow I couldn’t said any better than the Senator did. I agree with him completely even if I do kind of want to fight that waiver out of principle