I'm going to take a contrarian view, and I say this as someone who wanted him benched early in the third quarter of the game in Jacksonville.
My last memory of Beck on the field was a guy who had his arm barely hanging on, who went back in when he was ruled out of the game, and who helped us win on the last play of the game.
That happened, my memory isn't fooling me. I also remember him helping him pick the team up in the second half and almost making one of the most heroic comebacks in the history of college football in Tuscaloosa. And I remember him beating Tennessee for a second time, which always warms my heart. And beating Tech in a game we had no business winning.
He's a weird dude. Trust me, I get it. His leadership qualities are not what I want them to be, but if the question is whether UGA is better off with Carson Beck at QB with the weapons we have coming back, or Gunner Stockton, that's not a close call in my book.
Maybe he was pouting, maybe he wasn't communicating well in December, I get the hard feelings, and I'm sure it should've been handled differently, but I also hope that both sides are giving this a second look, because this strikes me as a situation where differences should be put aside and both teams would be better off together than apart.
If he's not interested, so be it, if he just wants to be in Miami, fine. But it's a lot to ask of any QB to miss spring practice and then take over a new offense and hit the ground running in the fall, even in the ACC. By the way, Miami plays Florida and Notre Dame in the first month of the season.
Caveat to all of this: if we are going to can the entire offensive staff and start over, I don't think the juice is worth the squeeze. If, however, we are planning on retaining the offensive coordinator, we are better off with Beck and should see if this relationship can be salvaged.
Fire away.
My last memory of Beck on the field was a guy who had his arm barely hanging on, who went back in when he was ruled out of the game, and who helped us win on the last play of the game.
That happened, my memory isn't fooling me. I also remember him helping him pick the team up in the second half and almost making one of the most heroic comebacks in the history of college football in Tuscaloosa. And I remember him beating Tennessee for a second time, which always warms my heart. And beating Tech in a game we had no business winning.
He's a weird dude. Trust me, I get it. His leadership qualities are not what I want them to be, but if the question is whether UGA is better off with Carson Beck at QB with the weapons we have coming back, or Gunner Stockton, that's not a close call in my book.
Maybe he was pouting, maybe he wasn't communicating well in December, I get the hard feelings, and I'm sure it should've been handled differently, but I also hope that both sides are giving this a second look, because this strikes me as a situation where differences should be put aside and both teams would be better off together than apart.
If he's not interested, so be it, if he just wants to be in Miami, fine. But it's a lot to ask of any QB to miss spring practice and then take over a new offense and hit the ground running in the fall, even in the ACC. By the way, Miami plays Florida and Notre Dame in the first month of the season.
Caveat to all of this: if we are going to can the entire offensive staff and start over, I don't think the juice is worth the squeeze. If, however, we are planning on retaining the offensive coordinator, we are better off with Beck and should see if this relationship can be salvaged.
Fire away.
