I had previously raised the question of whether or not Georgia quarterback Zach Mettenberger's dismissal was the result of his arrests during the University's Spring Break in March or it was something completely new.
Georgia associate athletics director Claude Felton told the AJC a few hours ago that "there was not a new incident involving Zach," meaning that he was indeed dismissed for the five misdemeanor charges made against him on March 7 in Remerton, Ga., just outside of Valdosta.
This is second player head coach Mark Richt had dismissed this offseason, with the first being outside linebacker Montez Robinson.
It's unfortunate to be a coach of a football team and have this kind of stuff hanging over your head, especially when you're the coach of a top-shelf Division-I football team. Luckily, Richt is making the right decision and letting these players go, regardless of their status on the team. Perhaps this will alert other coaches in college football to do the same, because there's too much of this going on in sports nowadays. And it's the worst in college, when these are young men still growing up.
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I completely agree Mitch. There are people out there shaking their heads at Richt for his decision to release these boys but it is the right thing to do. Albeit unfortunate, they knew the law and chose to break it. Being on a university athletic team means representing your school all the time, and being a role model if you work hard enough to get some play time. We will go on without Mettenberger, I just hope he learned a lesson!
ReplyDeleteIf being dismissed by an SEC football team doesn't teach him a lesson, I don't know what will.
ReplyDeleteHe most likely won't get a second chance here, but the guy has the talent to go elsewhere if he can clean up his act. It'll be interesting to see what happens to him.