Green. And exactly what is the source we so casually use to assign reasons for a transfer? Was anybody in such a meeting? Is Johnson blabbing? Is Philpott blabbing? Or are we simply assuming we know something when we don't have a clue? Shoot, maybe the kid decided he didn't like Atlanta traffic.
I agree with what I think was your intent here, maybe if you edit to say "guys who are getting passed up who don't buy in to what we do, or don't want to put in the work to get better, etc". I think about guys like S Days and Perkins and Snoddy who a lot of fans gave up on, but they kept after it and became valuable to our program. We need kids like that too. Not everyone has to be a 3 or 4 year starter.
A dude that big and fast you line up
Fair enough and you understood me well. I will never quit on a kid who is working, ever. If Philpott decided to stay and work even harder to reach his goals, I would be in full support.
Make sure that the next person who sees that quitter JJ Green says hey for me.
No, but out of the 85 on scholarship I'm sure several are given because we are under he 85 and they are available. Example would be a walk on or PWO that is in line for a scholarship. We haven't had a true 85 man roster in a long time.
uga had JJ on defense. JJ wanted to play offense. Richt said defense, JJ say bye.
Yeah, but by the argument on the board, he transferred and is a quitter. He wanted to play offense. Marshall wants to play more. A distinction with no difference.
I was talking in reply to a poster saying in an "air raid" offense they would put him at maybe slot or TE. I agree with what you are saying though.
There is a huge difference in the two, one is playing the position he wants to play the other who was RECRUITED as a RB was moved to CB. I'm not one of those calling Marshall a quitter though.
Your straw man game is skrong, but argument is weak. JJ was convinced to commit to ugh on false pretenses if he was told he'd be a RB. Marshall on the other hand was recruited at BB. Do you think any coach is going to tell a recruit they envision them splitting carries when you're trying to get a commitment?
No difference at all, really. Except one transferred to Tech, the other away from. Players are switched all the time, and Johnson has proved a master at it, starting with an all-ACC center switched from DT I think. Them, bad. Us, good.
Like I said I'm not saying he's a quitter, and while I wish he was still here it doesn't bother me that he has left. But I don't see how JJ and MM can be compared as the same. JJ was RECRUITED as a RB but moved to CB, MM was Recruited as a Bback and stayed at Bback. IF the rumors are true and MM is leaving for more playing time and not wanting to block as much, it is totally different than someone transfering because of a position switch. MM should have known coming in what would be asked of him and he was playing the position he wanted to play from his recruitment JJ was not playing the position he wanted to play from when he was recruited. And I agree cpj is good at switching players around but that honestly has nothing to do with what JJ was told or wanted from his recruiting, also a lot of kids know coming in to GT they could play two different positions so they come in willingly because it's something already understood during their recruiting. Not saying this is not the case with JJ but I would assume it's not or he might wouldn't have committed to UGA.
I don't, but does anyone know what he was told when recruited? Mark Richt might have been UGA, but I never heard that he was a disreputable recruiter. But to me it is still irrelevant. It is big boy football and you go where you are needed. If you don't like it, or the amount of time you are needed, go somewhere else. I'm not going to think anything less of an 18-year-old for making a mistake or a bad assumption. Been there, done that. Haven't we all?
I really don't care who transfers in or out. It's part of the game. It's been part of the game for as long as the game's been around. However, to compare JJ transferring to MM transferring isn't an apples to apples comparison. Yes, on the basic level, neither was getting what they wanted, so they chose to go elsewhere. Beyond that, the comparison breaks down. Also, be careful about painting with broad brushes about the argument on the board.