re: The criticism of Brian Kelly is interesting

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Listen, the players SHOULD take the bigger paycheck unless you can convince him of a good reason to take less. A player taking more to go elsewhere rather than taking less to go to your school isn't a failure in the character of the player. It's a failure on the coaches part for not offering more or not convincing him to come to your school despite offering less.

Blaming a player for taking more money is really stupid because it makes a lot of sense to take more money. It makes the coach doing so look bad.

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Would you feel the same way if your coach was saying these things?

Because he basically has:

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In 2022, Georgia set a new record for most selections in a single NFL Draft with 15 picks.
“It’s a great sell to the kids that will listen to it,” Smart said Wednesday at Georgia's Pro Day. “There is a lot of them that want to ask about NIL. They don’t want to ask about what your NFL players have done. I think it’s much more important how you develop players than how much NIL you can give them.”

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 I want a self-starter. I want a guy that’s committed to the program, who’s selfless. I want all of the same things: size, speed. I want all those same things.
“It’s more be more selective over a kid you pick and choose from that the NIL is not the number one narrative.”

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