Nicky Fitz post game quote.

[TheStateUofMS]

Paraphrasing...

Question: What do you say to the naysayers who said you never could play in the SEC at the beginning of the year and what do you say to them now?

Fitz: "Well, like I said there were some highs and lows throughout the year and so some of what they said was validated, but this off season I'm going to put in a lot of work, so next year there will be no doubts."


Love it.

The team hates him though....

 

[coach66]

I think the team is starting to rally around him as their leader. It would be

nice if they liked him but it is not a requirement to be an effective leader.

 

[Tin Cup Cowboy]

Where does the team hates him theory come from?

I'm not directing this at you, I'm just asking the question.

I've seen it numerous times and it just seems like something that was thrown out there and took a life of it's own. I've seen it so often that I've specifically watched his interactions on the sidelines. I'm no "Dan Mullenesque body language expert" as some here are, but he appears to have a good rapport with his teammates during games.

I typically know/understand the inside jokes here, is this one I've missed out on?

 

[coach66]

Fitz is a cocky guy and that turns some folks off, especially when you don't

have the track record of success to back it up which he is starting to build. The Williams debacle is the root cause
of this particular issue in my opinion. Fitz is going to be fine.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Getting Williams out of the locker room may be a big help.

 

[SyonaraStanz]

Where does the team hates him theory come from?

I'm not directing this at you, I'm just asking the question.

I've seen it numerous times and it just seems like something that was thrown out there and took a life of it's own. I've seen it so often that I've specifically watched his interactions on the sidelines. I'm no "Dan Mullenesque body language expert" as some here are, but he appears to have a good rapport with his teammates during games.

I typically know/understand the inside jokes here, is this one I've missed out on?

Go one thread back up, and you'll see it stems from intense jealousy.***

 

[Csdog]

Yes

 

[tired]

Getting Williams out of the locker room may be a big help.

Are you saying Williams may have directly caused this?

 

[josebrown]

Well, Dan created the situation for it to happen. By running all qb's as equals through Spring, Summer and Fall, Dam. Williams lobbied all his friends on the team to be for him to win the position and against Fitz. The situation lasted long enough to fester into the prob we saw early in the year. But Fitz slowly showed them Dan made the correct choice.

 

[CadaverDawg]

Always loved the "the WR's hate Fitz" theory. Especially when Fred Ross, Donald Gray, and Jamal Couch all ran over to jump on Fitz and tell him good game while messing with him while he was being interviewed post game on SEC Network by Kaley Hartung. Ross acts like he loves the guy.
Plus, How many special handshakes have y'all created with dudes you hate?*

 

[KurtRambis4]

I think a great

deal of it was just internet rumor.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

The team does like Fitz, Coach. They always have, they were just confused

nice if they liked him but it is not a requirement to be an effective leader.

when Mullen wouldn't pick Fitz and go with him from the beginning.