re: Georgia 14 @ Kentucky 3 Final - SECN

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You are intentionally downplaying the potential angle.

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No, I'm not. For every Justin Fields there are a hundred Kyle Wrights. Busts happen all the time and unless Fields was obviously outplaying Fromm in practice, there would have been no reason for Fields to be the starter over Fromm in 2018. He did, however, get a lot of playing time, and while he made some good plays, he showed nothing that would make any rational person say "wow, he should be the obvious starter over Fromm".

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We knew what Fromm was. He was a solid college QB. Fields had the potential to be a top 5 draft pick type. We're seeing that play out.

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Fromm was a proven commodity. Fields wasn't at the time. Don't let your hindsight bias get in the way of what was known at the time. CKS did what pretty much every other head coach has done throughout history: he stuck with what he knew and tried to continue to develop his young QB for the future. In that case, Fields didn't want to compete in 2019 so he left. That worked out well for himself and for Ohio State but it left us without our future at QB.

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No shite. The difference has been QB play. We've been decent and they've been elite.

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"Decent" QB play would be enough with an otherwise complete team.