You Sir, are a gentleman and a good sport.
Take it down anytime. The fun was just seeing it next to your name.
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You Sir, are a gentleman and a good sport.
Take it down anytime. The fun was just seeing it next to your name.
ROLL TIDE!!!!!! I had the pleasure of witnessing that dominance first-hand. BCS and AP National Champions!
You Sir, are a gentleman and a good sport.
Take it down anytime. The fun was just seeing it next to your name.
Its all in good fun you can enjoy it for a week at least.
I hate that this is so late in the coaching carousel, but changes are afoot.
http://m.tigernet.com/m/view/story.do?id=10300
http://m.tigernet.com/m/view/story.do?id=10300
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No way he could have made it after that last game. He might never live that one down. But 1.5 million for him to leave. That's just crazy for CU to do that.
I am sure we will not owe him the full 2 years. The fact that the Univ. says he is leaving for other jobs, and he says he was fired means they probably came to an agreement and he is leaving with only a portion of his remaining salary. If not, you're right $1.5 mil. is crazy money, but we have paid more to get rid of far worse.
Jeremy
Jeremy
WE can only hope and pray.
Seems the Upstate radio shows and callers think it was a lack of talent fielded on the defense.
Bad thing is talent takes a hit next fall. Lots of the best of that D are gone.
Somebody has to do some "coaching up" quickly.
Po ol Steele. Hope he lands on his feet. Where's a cheer leader when ya need one?
Yo Dabo.....
Bad thing is talent takes a hit next fall. Lots of the best of that D are gone.
Somebody has to do some "coaching up" quickly.
Po ol Steele. Hope he lands on his feet. Where's a cheer leader when ya need one?
Yo Dabo.....
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I think they already knew who was replacing him before they let him go.
I heard a long live radio interview of Steele early in the football season. I can't put my finger on anything Steele said but I came away believing he sees Clemson as a temporary stop on the way to a Head Coach position elsewhere. Something about the way he answered when asked if his huge success at Clemson was bringing any interest from other schools in that regard.
My belief is he got caught talking out of school or asked to contact other schools or other schools asked to talk to him and Clemson said 'fine then, you want it you got it.'
He also may have balked at Morris' big salary upgrade. And maybe didn't perform well when Dabo asked him for his gameplan for straightening out the Tiger D.
Somebody had to pay, did anyone think it would be Dat'boy?
My belief is he got caught talking out of school or asked to contact other schools or other schools asked to talk to him and Clemson said 'fine then, you want it you got it.'
He also may have balked at Morris' big salary upgrade. And maybe didn't perform well when Dabo asked him for his gameplan for straightening out the Tiger D.
Somebody had to pay, did anyone think it would be Dat'boy?
The strength coach is one of the best in the country and has received numerous awards over the years, he isn't a problem.
Clemson kept several if not all of the defensive assistants that means they believe it was the scheme thats the problem. The players aren't an issue we have been getting 4 and 5 star guys all over D for the past several years the issue has been they dont understand the scheme cause Steele was trying to run crazy stuff out there. I also read that he has bad anxiety on gamedays and may have been calling plays from a previous playbook during some kind of breakdown.
I was thinking this as well before the Orange Bowl, but then I read a few articles about the subject, and looked for it in the OB and saw tons of evidence to the contrary.
check out these links:
The Avenue of Champions - first 2 articles
What is the Root Problem with Clemson? - Shakin The Southland
After the OB, I'm sold that we could use a change in this department. I'm tired of getting manhandled by Maryland and Wake.
I'm sorry but if the best you can come up with is 2 blogs written by people who are admittedly angry with a lack of winning during the late 90's and most of the 2000's then I'm not going to give your argument much credit.
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Sammy Sammy Sammy.
So how is Sammy going to get out of the hole now?
Clemson Tigers' Sammy Watkins faces drug-related charges - ESPN
Clemson star receiver Sammy Watkins was one of two Tiger athletes arrested early Friday on drug-related charges.
Watkins, 18, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and simple possession of marijuana, both misdemeanors. Men's soccer player Amadou-Tidiane Daniel Dia, 18, was charged with simple possession of marijuana.
Watkins
Watkins
The two were arrested after police stopped the car Watkins was driving when it scraped against a curb on campus and because the temporary license tag was not illuminated.
The officer smelled marijuana when he pulled the car over in a parking lot of Commons Court, and during a search he found marijuana and two pills that Watkins did not have a prescription for.
After being arrested and taken to the Clemson City Jail, Watkins was released on a $1,620 personal recognizance bond. Dia was released on a $620 personal recognizance bond.
"I am aware of the arrest last night," Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney said in a release. "I am mad and hurt by the poor decision that Sammy Watkins made. He is a good young man who has been a model student, citizen, player and teammate. This is a reminder that good people make poor decisions. But, there are consequences for your actions ... and there will be in this case.
"I am in the process of gathering the facts and discipline will be determined when I have completed that process."
ACC blog
ACC ESPN.com's Heather Dinich writes about all things ACC in the conference blog.
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The ACC's rookie of the year in 2011, Watkins burst onto the national scene as a freshman, catching 82 passes for 1,219 yards and 12 touchdowns during the Tigers' conference-title winning campaign. He added 231 rushing yards on 32 carries.
"I made a mistake last night and I am truly sorry for my actions," Watkins said in a news release. "I let the team down, the coaches down and this university down. I will learn from this. I will accept any discipline Coach Swinney and the university issues."
Watkins led the ACC last season in all-purpose yards per game while finishing second in receiving yards per game, second in kickoff return average, third in catches per game and tied for third in touchdowns per game.
"I was made aware of the arrest of these two student-athletes early this morning," Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips said in a release. "From a departmental standpoint I have been in consultation with both coaches today and will continue to over the next few days regarding this situation."
So how is Sammy going to get out of the hole now?
Clemson Tigers' Sammy Watkins faces drug-related charges - ESPN
Clemson star receiver Sammy Watkins was one of two Tiger athletes arrested early Friday on drug-related charges.
Watkins, 18, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and simple possession of marijuana, both misdemeanors. Men's soccer player Amadou-Tidiane Daniel Dia, 18, was charged with simple possession of marijuana.
Watkins
Watkins
The two were arrested after police stopped the car Watkins was driving when it scraped against a curb on campus and because the temporary license tag was not illuminated.
The officer smelled marijuana when he pulled the car over in a parking lot of Commons Court, and during a search he found marijuana and two pills that Watkins did not have a prescription for.
After being arrested and taken to the Clemson City Jail, Watkins was released on a $1,620 personal recognizance bond. Dia was released on a $620 personal recognizance bond.
"I am aware of the arrest last night," Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney said in a release. "I am mad and hurt by the poor decision that Sammy Watkins made. He is a good young man who has been a model student, citizen, player and teammate. This is a reminder that good people make poor decisions. But, there are consequences for your actions ... and there will be in this case.
"I am in the process of gathering the facts and discipline will be determined when I have completed that process."
ACC blog
ACC ESPN.com's Heather Dinich writes about all things ACC in the conference blog.
• Blog network:
College Football Nation
The ACC's rookie of the year in 2011, Watkins burst onto the national scene as a freshman, catching 82 passes for 1,219 yards and 12 touchdowns during the Tigers' conference-title winning campaign. He added 231 rushing yards on 32 carries.
"I made a mistake last night and I am truly sorry for my actions," Watkins said in a news release. "I let the team down, the coaches down and this university down. I will learn from this. I will accept any discipline Coach Swinney and the university issues."
Watkins led the ACC last season in all-purpose yards per game while finishing second in receiving yards per game, second in kickoff return average, third in catches per game and tied for third in touchdowns per game.
"I was made aware of the arrest of these two student-athletes early this morning," Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips said in a release. "From a departmental standpoint I have been in consultation with both coaches today and will continue to over the next few days regarding this situation."
Suspended for the first game.
Gotta be true, I saw it on Facebook.
Gotta be true, I saw it on Facebook.
I feel for the kid. By all accounts he's a good kid. Here's to him putting this boo boo behind him
and to him having a super season.
What I can't fathom is how there have been NO positive drug tests at CU for a decade.
?????????????
and to him having a super season.
What I can't fathom is how there have been NO positive drug tests at CU for a decade.
?????????????
Good clean living out on the farm.
I feel for the kid. By all accounts he's a good kid. Here's to him putting this boo boo behind him
and to him having a super season.
What I can't fathom is how there have been NO positive drug tests at CU for a decade.
?????????????
There are 1 or 2 a year it seems like to me, they are just always scrubs who don't play so no one cares. Its not like USC where our starting QB is drunk in the streets and half our team lives for free in a hotel and there 10-15 drugs test failures a year.
