Wednesday, October 15, 2008

What I know about Clemson this week

Willy Korn will make his first.  He runs better than Harper, and Clemson's offensive line has struggled this year, so it's not crazy to start an experienced QB against Tech this week, but Willy would have to be the next Vince Young for it to make  huge difference.  

Cullen Harper isn't happy about being benched, and neither are some of his teammates.  CJ Spiller pulled a hamstring last week.  Then again, he was jumping up and down on the side line when Clemson took the lead against Wake.  I'll call CJ questionable, and leave it at that.

Oh yeah, they fired the head coach.

Oh yeah, they also fired the offensive coordinator

Oh yeah, Dabo Swinney has never been a head coach.  He was the wide receiver's coach last week.

Dabo and former tight-end's coach Billy Napier will be making the offensive calls this week.  Neither of them have ever done this.

Dabo promoted to graduate assistants to coach the wide receivers and tight ends.

It took Dabo two days to organize his staff after the Bowden firing.  That's about as quickly as Clemson folk could hope for, but the fact remains, Clemson missed out on two days of practice in which they would have focused on the triple option.   

Two, two-and-a-half, days is not a lot of time, even for an experienced staff, which this is not.

It seems like the Tigers house is a mess, and pulling together enough for a win is a tall order.  Of course, if Tech gives Clemson a reason to believe early, things could get tough.

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