Matt Hayes: “The Georgia football program has a problem, and the only person who can fix it is coach Kirby Smart.”
This is what Matt means by “fix”.
Dismiss Dumas-Johnson, and publicly declare that any Georgia player arrested for racing cars will face the same penalty.
Apparently, racing should be treated like sexual assault now. Y’all good with that?
I’m not trying to make light of this. It’s a horrible tragedy, the result of poor judgment by young people who should have known better. What it’s not, though, is a scandal — at least not at this point. The question is, what sort of stance does the school and the program need to take to discourage this sort of reckless behavior going forward?
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UPDATE: Seth Emerson ($$) has similar thoughts.
The events of Jan. 15 don’t have to be Georgia’s fault. There’s nothing that has come to light to suggest it was. But it can still reflect on the program, as does every arrest of a player, five of them now in the past calendar year. All misdemeanors, and not at the number Richt was dealing with in 2010. But Georgia’s program is now at a higher level nationally. The microscope is larger. The accountability has to be too.
… At a minimum, at an absolute minimum, Smart needs to get a handle on street racing.
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