04-26-2024, 07:58 AM
I found some context on Nick Saban's critical remarks on ABC regarding the Mim's selection.
First, Saban's comments: "This guy’s got all the tools -- he’s got great size, he’s got great power,” Saban said. “But it makes you wonder, how did the guy only start 8 [games?] Like, in the SEC championship game, he played only the first 15 plays of the game and then he’s out. Takes himself out. I don’t know what he injured, what he hurt, whatever. But you’ve got to be a little bit more consistent in your performance if you’re going to be a great player and a starter in the National Football League.”
[Georgia lost 27-24 to Alabama in the game Saban is talking about and Georgia ended up missing the College Football Playoff.]
“One of the things that I see in guys -- he went to a small high school,” Saban continued. “He was always bigger and better than everybody else. So do you ever really develop the traits that you need to have to compete against guys that are as good as you? He’s gonna play against guys that are as good as him, now. So if he didn’t develop those habits, he better focus on them now.”
Now, some context from a Georgia site:
“It wasn’t my proudest game, honestly,” Mims said at the NFL combine. “I went down, I want to say, play 12. I wish I could have finished the game with my guys. We fell up short, but like I said, if I could go back to that game, I wish I wouldn’t have got bumped up on my ankle again. But, like I said, if we were 100 percent healthy, it would have been a different outcome in that game, honestly.”
Mims started just eight games during his college career. He spent his first two seasons behind Broderick Jones and Warren McClendon, who were both taken in the 2023 NFL Draft. Jones was a first-round pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Mims missed six games during the 2023 season after he suffered an ankle injury that required surgery. He did return to the team and start before getting hurt against Alabama.
https://www.dawgnation.com/football/nick-saban-amarius-mims-2024-nfl-draft/UX23OXXJSZC6LH4WEXVM4ILH3E/
First, Saban's comments: "This guy’s got all the tools -- he’s got great size, he’s got great power,” Saban said. “But it makes you wonder, how did the guy only start 8 [games?] Like, in the SEC championship game, he played only the first 15 plays of the game and then he’s out. Takes himself out. I don’t know what he injured, what he hurt, whatever. But you’ve got to be a little bit more consistent in your performance if you’re going to be a great player and a starter in the National Football League.”
[Georgia lost 27-24 to Alabama in the game Saban is talking about and Georgia ended up missing the College Football Playoff.]
“One of the things that I see in guys -- he went to a small high school,” Saban continued. “He was always bigger and better than everybody else. So do you ever really develop the traits that you need to have to compete against guys that are as good as you? He’s gonna play against guys that are as good as him, now. So if he didn’t develop those habits, he better focus on them now.”
Now, some context from a Georgia site:
“It wasn’t my proudest game, honestly,” Mims said at the NFL combine. “I went down, I want to say, play 12. I wish I could have finished the game with my guys. We fell up short, but like I said, if I could go back to that game, I wish I wouldn’t have got bumped up on my ankle again. But, like I said, if we were 100 percent healthy, it would have been a different outcome in that game, honestly.”
Mims started just eight games during his college career. He spent his first two seasons behind Broderick Jones and Warren McClendon, who were both taken in the 2023 NFL Draft. Jones was a first-round pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Mims missed six games during the 2023 season after he suffered an ankle injury that required surgery. He did return to the team and start before getting hurt against Alabama.
https://www.dawgnation.com/football/nick-saban-amarius-mims-2024-nfl-draft/UX23OXXJSZC6LH4WEXVM4ILH3E/
