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Dabo Swinney officially Clemson's
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 11:46 am
by tinytim
Clemson chose Swinney as their head coach! I am excited about this. What do you think?
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/stor ... NHeadlines
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 12:15 pm
by Hold My Own
I didnt like him much after watching him his first game...but that was just an attitude stand point...with his pregame speech and his pregame comments it was like someone who was "faking it" like the kid on the high school team that pretends to hustle...but his wins speak for themselves and the team responds to him, so what do I know
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 12:17 pm
by ToTheLeft
We saw how the assistant turned interim coach turned head coach worked for WVU... and Stewart had a lot more experience than good old Dabo.
Can't say that I think this is a good move for the Tigers, but I could be proven wrong.
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 12:19 pm
by Fumblerooskies
The Clemson asst has more than a one game track record.
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 12:26 pm
by ToTheLeft
He's never been a head Coach or a Coordinator in the past. Dude might have been around football, but he is to coaching college football as Barack Obama is to the Presidency.
Coaching history:
1996-2008: Wide Receivers Coach
That's it.
He did some recruiting, too. So I guess that's worth a little. Still, I think this is a worse hire than Bill Stewart at WVU.
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 12:28 pm
by Hold My Own
did anyone else here his pregame speech to the team in the locker room? I felt embarrassed for him...I dont know if he ever played college football or not but it just spewed "I'm a guy just trying to fit in with the athletes" Like one of these guys that when they see an athlete across the room they'll walk over, not say anything but just stand near them...lol...like that makes them more of an athlete or something
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 12:31 pm
by tinytim
Hold My Own wrote:did anyone else here his pregame speech to the team in the locker room? I felt embarrassed for him...I dont know if he ever played college football or not but it just spewed "I'm a guy just trying to fit in with the athletes" Like one of these guys that when they see an athlete across the room they'll walk over, not say anything but just stand near them...lol...like that makes them more of an athlete or something
Awkward!!!!
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 12:38 pm
by Hold My Own
it happens more then you know! Just be on the look out for it now!
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 12:41 pm
by 4everfsu
Bad choice for a head coach. But is it nice to see that Clemson offered Opie a job
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 12:47 pm
by tinytim
4everfsu wrote:Bad choice for a head coach. But is it nice to see that Clemson offered Opie a job
Why do you say a bad choice?
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 1:08 pm
by Sly Fox
I like this move as well as Kiffin because it keeps dominoes from falling that might affect us. And yes, our coach was on Clemson's radar.
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 2:43 pm
by TDDance234
Dabo is one of the best recruiters in the country. He's done a good job so far and I think he'll have Clemson soaring soon enough.
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 2:44 pm
by ATrain
*Breathes sigh of relief*
This means Bud Foster is still the defensive coordinator at Virginia Tech.
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 5:52 pm
by 4everfsu
No head coaching experience, also you have recruits waiting to see if Clemson is going to bring in a big time head coach. If I was a recruit and you got some WR coach being head coach, I would pass on Clemson. What kind of offense is he going to run, etc, too many questions, to be answered. CJ Spillar will probably go pro is my guess.
I don't like asst coach promoted to HC when a team is losing or not making expectations.
Anyway this reminds me of UNC promoting DC Carl Torbush to HC.
BTW Dabo just canned his DC as of today, Koenning is out