
David Pollack, a former Georgia football star, has expressed strong opinions about Carson Beck’s choice to play his last season of collegiate football in Miami, Florida.
Pollack has already discussed some of the reasons he believes Beck chose to travel to Miami in the first place, but he hasn’t stopped talking about this news yet.
But rather than addressing this choice, Pollack focused on what Beck did following Georgia’s victory over Texas in the SEC Championship.
As everyone is aware, Beck had a season-ending injury during this game, so it is not shocking to learn that his playing time was reduced as the team got ready for the Sugar Bowl.
However, given that he has been the team’s starting quarterback for the last two seasons, one would anticipate that Beck will return to the squad as soon as possible to assist in any manner he can.
That however did not happen as Beck did not join the team until a day or two before the Sugar Bowl against Notre Dame. And even though he was with the team, he was nowhere near being mentally checked in as he did not help the team out at all.
Pollack noticed this, and shared his thoughts about Beck’s actions as well as what others in the football world have told him as well.
“You (Beck) leaving the team and going elsewhere during bowl season,” Pollack said via ugawire.usetoday.com. “I can just put it to you like this… talking to people in these realms that says a lot in a negative direction.”
As mentioned, nobody should have expected Beck to be at every single practice leading up to the bowl game, especially as he was still trying to learn how injured he was and what his options towards recovery were. But to not show up until right before the game is a little shocking.

This shows us that Beck is not a very good leader. A true leader would want to be there for his teammates as much as possible, especially Gunner Stockton who was making his first collegiate start. That unfortunately did not happen as it sounds like Beck hardly did anything to help the team against the Irish.
Knowing this now, maybe Beck moving on to Miami was the best thing for Georgia. The Bulldogs need a quarterback who is not only a great player on the field, but a strong leader as well.
And so far Stockton has shown that he is that person and can be that player next fall if he wins the starting job.