As much as I like Fitz as a player, he's had numerous issues over his career that were little small red flags so the news today doesn't surprise me that much. He probably did something dumb like miss a meeting, workout, or contract Moultrie knee so I'm not acting like its a huge deal but things start adding up.

-Nick should have been the day 1 starter over Damien and it shouldn't have been close. The 1 and only reason he wasn't is that he couldn't win the team over. Actually, half the team didn't like him at all. Without getting into the gossipy specifics, he was immature and it caused a lot of locker issues in relation to that QB battle. Now ultimately that debacle was on Mullen but with a more mature Fitz that situation never happens.

-The Bob Carskadon beard story. Don't know if yall remember this but Bob wrote a fun, light-hearted story about the different beards on the team. A few assholes on the team, Fitz included, tried to take offense to the story and handled Bob really bad at the team complex and then crowed about it on twitter. Totally immature and shitty way to treat Bob.

-On Finebaum Fitz said there is nothing to do in Starkville. He has a huge platform to sell himself and the school and he used it as an opportunity to bang on Starkville. Dak or Tyler Russell would have said, "Starkville is a great place where they really treat you like family etc..." First off, claiming there is nothing to do is bs in 2018 (interview was 2017). It's a ridiculous line from the 80s that was true then but isn't now and needs to die. Fitz drops it in a Finebaum interview. Very immature.

-The baseball haircut thing. You tell your whole school that if baseball goes to the cws you're getting a mohawk like some guys on the team. Then you welch on that bet. Ultimately, not a big deal but the optics that aren't great. Dak and TR were the epitome of Mr.MSU while they were in school. Fitz just doesn't come off like that.

-Missing the first game of your senior season due to being suspended when you're the senior QB and team leader is incredible. This team has high hopes and we're supposed to feel good about this guy getting us there? Not much of a leader from an off-the-field aspect.



Now before I just bang on Fitz too hard you have to remember the guy is tough as nails and has put his body on the line over and over for MSU. That doesn't go unnoticed. His foot turned backwards will always be emblazoned in my memory. From a physical standpoint, Fitz is a warrior and I dare anyone to say he isn't. But he's got a little too much immaturity, arrogance, and attitude to be beloved like one of the best MSU QBs ever should be. He's essentially our Bo Wallace.