re: Jermaine Burton enters transfer portal

It is some sort of strange validation grab our cünt fans are grasping at to somehow confirm what they knew all along. We are broken.

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Not sure if you think that's what I'm doing or you're referencing others. If this is directed at me, kindly reread any of my posts.

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No sir, you are not being anything other than logical and factual. My comment was directed at the stuff I have been seeing out on the internets. Apologies for not being clearer.

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Sounds to me like this is more a Burton issue than a Bennett issue. When Pickens went down there was a prime opportunity for somebody to step up. That somebody(ies) were Ladd and Bowers and Mitchell. Also, did he think we were going to game plan for 70% passes at UGA? Especially with a back up QB starting and having to rely on true freshmen to build out our receiving core? Bigger picture though……isn’t this just a recurring trend here of players that would rather transfer than actually compete for playing time? It seems like the ones getting on the field are busting their arse and earning it vs the ones that just expect to play.

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There are lots of reasons people leave. Most times, there are more than one reason. Burton may not like our offensive staff or players or that 19 got a lot of targets. Maybe Bennett staying was his final straw. Maybe he was already mentally checked out. Yet, what this proves is you can’t make everyone happy. Even when winning a Natty. This is nothing more than the natural ebb and flow of the current football landscape.

The issue I see in this is, as I have stated, the amount of people I have seen on the interwebs using this as some sort of clear indication that they were right about Bennett and that we “can’t bring in above 3* receivers because of him. Like AD Mitchell, or Chandler Smith, or Morissette

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that happens a lot but definitely not the case for burton. He played quite a bit as a TFr and played all the time (when healthy) this past year. Unquestioned starter and #1 WR going into next year. Playign time had nothing to do with this.

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We rotate receivers a lot, ask them to block a lot, and have 2 and 3 Te formations , all that takes snaps away.

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No sir, you are not being anything other than logical and factual. My comment was directed at the stuff I have been seeing out on the internets. Apologies for not being clearer.

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All good Was just timing and placement of a couple of the responses.

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here were also games where I felt he disappeared, particularly on 3rd down plays.

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I used to watch the WRs a ot because I knew what they are doing....but I didn't enjoy the games as much. I find my self watching the QB's and pass rush now then following the ball, so I don't see open receivers unless on replays.

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Stet did a lot of great things for us, and ultimately got us to the promised land. What he didn't do was complete a lot of throws to outside receivers. Who is to say whether that's him or Monken making the calls... I dunno.

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Just guessing? All of the above and would include the defense talking it away from us so we couldn't beat them deep as much.

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It's for good reason... Look at what this board does to almost anyone who says anything remotely approaching negative about the kid... Whether it's well reasoned or not. Look at the social space right now and the people tripping over their micropeens to say ultra negative shite about a guy that they would happily chat up and say how proud of him they are if they met him in person. There's no good that comes of being specific there..

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I understand why he does it....I fully get it. I am just saying there are times where people will misread a vague post and interpret it differently. The problem he is trying to avoid can then be focused on an incorrect player.

When reading the other board (pretty much every day) I have seen time after time after time where he will lay out a post clearly and concisely. Then somebody will repeat it all jumbled up and incorrectly. That's not on him. But when they do that with clear, concise posts you can imagine how his more cryptic hints go.

Again. What I said was not meant to criticize or question his methods at all. I shouldn't have even said it, because 99.9% of the time I think he handles things very, very well.

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Let's play devil's advocate though... what other player on the roster could be said to have "helped us win a natty" that would be torn down that *ALSO* would have a direct impact on Burton's outlook on the 2022 season. This isn't like some "that could be anyone" comment... Especially when you factor in that there's literally only one dawg player being torn down across the interwebs at the moment. It's only cryptic if you don't want to hear it.

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Fair point. I will put it from a personal experience. I played WR and was not a primary receiver, but loved our QB. I still see him from time to time. However, there are other players on the team that hated to be around with every fiber of my being, and couldn't wit to get away from.

Again. Yes. He was probably talking about Stetson. I guess before I assume something I have learned to be certain about what/who I was talking about. I have been embarrassed in the past by getting something wrong.

I am just doing more of a backlash to the ones calling Bennett garbage and Kirby Smart a moron for playing him. And that's NOT you.

There are 3-4 posters on the board that I have a lot of respect for. They always stay even handed with critiques and opinions. I listen carefully when they post and consider anything that is said, even if I don't necessarily agree with it initially.

You are one of those.

His position coach also left. With the new world with everyone going to the portal I bet a lot of guys transfer due to position coaches leaving. Not saying it was his main reason but it could have been the last straw.

Wtf is this guy thinking? We rotate a lot but not THAT much when everyone is healthy. 1, the dude doesn’t fricking block. When is the last time he was in on a run play as opposed to white lightning putting his guy on skates for bowers in the orange bowl. 2) how many years has he been at UGA now? He’s what he was when he came in a boundary receiver who is excellent at double moves and going deep. We have 6 guys who can do that just as good. I think burton is a fine player and got wayyyy more looks and TDS this year than someone like AD who probably deserved them more as freshmen he’s a more complete player. But man, work on your block, build your route tree, he could’ve easily been our best double move and intermediate guy next year and had the year I imagine he thinks will get him to the nfl as if stats do playing opposite bowers and Ad

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Probably would have been better for everyone if Stet had decided to ride off into the sunset.

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Yes, but riding off to play arena football in Birmingham or being a high school coach or starting a grind like law school were not fun alternatives. Plus, NIL cash.

Thanks to COVID we may have the oldest QB in college football next season. Maybe there's some really obscure loophole that will let him come back yet again...I think he would stay two or three more years if he could.

With the NIL in play, it makes no sense for him to do anything other than be a Dawg. the next year. He stands to make a lot of $$ off it.