re: Haselwood's comments about our staff

This kid bad-mouthing UGA is just strange.

You wanted to go to a throw-happy team and OK is a good fit...good for you.

Why kick GA in the nuts afterwards? Its unnecessary and the kid obviously doesn't understand that coaches and coaching situations are fluid...for them its a job and all about money.

Kid has a lot of growing up to do and it shows. Hope we get to play them in the near future and he gets the joy of being met over the middle by LeCounte(assuming he wraps up lol)

That was hard to watch. How could someone like that even pass the SAT? Never mind, I don't won't to know.

"The context that is going around was taking out of proportion"

Holy mixed metaphors, Batman!
Holy grammatical errors, Batman!

They're has to be a grain of truth to what he says, classless and immature though it may be. If nothing else it says something about HS players' perception of the program.

He has an ego. Ok. All of these guys do. Part of recruiting and developing elite players in today's game is managing egos.

Fields was mismanaged, and we should admit it. If you look at his stats in his first 40 passes it's better than Trevor Lawrence and much, much better than Fromm. Add to that his rushing numbers and you get a freshman who could have developed into a starter if given the opportunity. Now it's no secret that Chaney wanted to redshirt the kid before he ever got a chance to play, and he shrank Fields playbook after his play on the field suggested it should be expanded. That's not a real opportunity, and it's not fair to the player and not what's best for the team long term even considering how Fromm's play improved when the team lined up behind him and stepped away from Fields.

The program has to get better at managing these situations if we're going to continue to pull in and retain top talent. It's obvious that some players are developing the opinion that they may not get a fair shot at UGA. The perception is out there. Kirby should nip that in the bud now.

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Fields himself said he had no issues redshirting.

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This 10000x over. The kid knew he'd most likely sit and he came anyway.

Him leaving is proof he didn't truly believe that...he believed he'd beat Fromm and start. That is not the Universities fault in anyway. The kid did play but looked mediocre at beast when he went in. He even played in the fricking SEC championship game.

Im tired of this baloney. The kid didn't want to work for it, he wants to just be the starter. Not how the shite works. If Haselwood thinks that way abt the fields situation then he can kick rocks.

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He was giving an opportunity every day at practice to take the starting job and couldn’t. One read and run is not going to take the job from Fromm and Fields himself said he had no issues redshirting

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In game reps can not be replaced, and his play in game (70% 4TD 0INT) looks to me and to a lot of other people (prospective recruits included) like earning more of an opportunity to run the offense. That's the exact opposite of what happened.

The point here isn't Fields, though. It's perception. Juxtapose that stat line with how the staff shrank his playbook later in the season and tell ne how that looks to recruits.

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They're has to be a grain of truth to what he says

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According to his "clarification," he was talking about having a dream of playing for Chaney, only to have Chaney not be there. Taking that as an accurate statement of his position, it has nothing whatsoever to do with Fields. There aren't many programs that can absolutely guarantee that any particular coach will be with them year after year going forward. Coaches leave for more money/more prestige/more authority all the time. They get fired all the time. They retire all the time. In other words:



Assuming that it *was* about Fields, this little bit:

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when the team lined up behind him and stepped away from Fields

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shows that *the team* itself made the choice about who it wanted, and that Haselwood is just being petulant because it wasn't what *he* wanted; i.e., the team should bend to his will, not the other way around.

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Could you tell me which games Fields looked much, much better than Fromm please?

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First 40 passes in college.

We all want to stand behind the program. We've got to honestly examine what UGA has done well and where we've fallen short to continue to improve.

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First 40 passes in college.

We all want to stand behind the program. We've got to honestly examine what UGA has done well and where we've fallen short to continue to improve.

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That doesn’t answer my question. Which games did Fields look much, much better in than Fromm?

No. You’re cherry picking stats.

Fields looked great against Austin Peay, MTSU, and UMass.

I think he’ll be a stud, but the way you’re trying to prove that is incredibly misleading.