JT Rumor

lines up with JT being soft, but a friend of a friend rumor usually never pans out.

i do think there is something going on with behind the scenes with JTthough

that might explain why Kirby hasn't talked to Jt in 6 weeks (according to SoFl)

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So even if true, is he not cleared to play now?
And Kirby would risk not winning NC due because of a tiff?

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Agreed.

If true, Kirby and Monken have to get over it.

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And Kirby would risk not winning NC due because of a tiff?

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i would say thats bigger than a tiff.

your industry renowned sports medicine guys is telling a player he is good to go, and he and his family bring in a personal doctor....probably not the first time this has happened either...and says nah he's not ready to play.

thats basically job abandonment. the opposite of buying in for the team. I could see how that would cause Kirby and Monken to shun him.

it is, but lets remember the injury we're talking about. it was an oblique strain, not a neck or back injury. So its not like coming back too soon would damage him long term, plus again Ron Courson is a pretty well respected guy in his field. I don't think he would say he was ready just because.

I still find it odd too that JT looks to have lost all interest.

Even when he goes in, there’s nothing but this melancholy attitude about him

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i would say thats bigger than a tiff.

your industry renowned sports medicine guys is telling a player he is good to go, and he and his family bring in a personal doctor....probably not the first time this has happened either...and says nah he's not ready to play.

thats basically job abandonment. the opposite of buying in for the team. I could see how that would cause Kirby and Monken to shun him.

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True. But to risk a whole season over this? Also, JT seems like he's still all in. Always available to help Stet.

I wish Kirby would come out and better explain the situation

My theory is that he is already committed to transferring. JT and his parents have told Kirby.

Kirby has asked to keep it out of the transfer portal until the season is over to limit distractions.

more interesting nuggets from SOFLA

"As far as QB, I haven’t agreed with any of it. I’ve been clear and consistent on that. We didn’t lose because of Stetson’s play. Our reality is though, we didn’t and don’t win because of his play either. That’s been our issue at QB during the Kirby era. We have game managers who aren’t capable of winning with their arm and are prone to making mistakes when the ask is to win with arms. Kirby is locked in with Stetson. JT has been the designated backup. Carson is Carson. Brock is a freshman and struggling. So Stetson gives us the best chance to win based on trusting your defense. Can’t switch against bama, reminder Stetson took nearly all the reps these past weeks. It’s not fair to JT to throw him in there, trailing with all eyes on him when he hasn’t been repping as much in practice. *** And we know his talent isn’t great enough to be a savior in that regard.*** Right move to stick with Stetson last night. We knew we we’re in the playoffs regardless.

Too many discount the overall talent and depth of these Kirby teams. There’s only 1-2 games annually where that’s truly challenged. Each year, we’re losing those games. So I get it. I’m frustrated too. It is on our staff. However the glaring difference is QB play. Bryce made plays last night, like the late pitch that when you’ve been around the game long enough, you just know when everything is clicking for a kid. You can’t miss reads that stop the momentum but we’ve been missing reads for 2 years. If this were basketball, it would be much easier to see the differences in star players. It’s like comparing point guards and one is Chris Paul against Lonzo Ball. What we need to realize though, is we only have Lonzo Balls on our team. We don’t have a Chris Paul. JT has been fricked by staff, period. He’s not the only one either. However, if you see yourself as a top 32 NFL QB, you gotta win in practices against Stetson Bennett. It’s not enough to just look slightly better when a coach is heavily leaning towards the other guy. You have to look great, elite in comparison to leave no doubt. That hasn’t happened. JT is better than Stetson but the disparity isn’t vast enough on the practice field. And I’m not just hearing that from a source. Multiple folks have said they both look good or they both did OK. There was a week maybe leading up to fu where JT looked GREAT, but it wasn’t sustained. Kirby has trusted his defense the entire way and it didn’t work last night; they couldn’t carry our team."

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Kirby has trusted his defense the entire way and it didn’t work last night; they couldn’t carry our team."

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Most of us knew it wouldn't at some point in the season, hence the problem with riding with Stet. Kirby has to realize he's coaching in the era of offenses carrying teams to championships. Seems like we're saying this every year.