Re: If you fix just one thing with our tigers, what would it be?

Re: If you fix just one thing with our tigers, what would it bejust one?

I believe you are right, we don't have that Christian Wilkins or James Skalski in the locker room right now. What I saw last night was a team get shoved around all over the field on both sides of the ball. The offensive line couldn't protect Cade or get any push off the line, running lanes were non-existent. And when was the last time a team did a 9 minute 17 play sustained drive against us ending in a TD? And 15 of the 17 plays were runs! It's not like Miami did anything exotic, they just lined up and played smash mouth football.

So, what would the 1 thing I'd fix be? I'd try to instill pride back into this team. Pride that I'm not going to ever get pushed around, that we are going to instill our will on the other team. We are going to be the ones dominating the trenches, not getting pushed off the ball. I don't think our team has that Tiger pride anymore, or the fire that goes along with being the best. Mediocrity has set in and is accepted now.

Each player and coach needs to give a little bit extra.

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Oct 22, 2023, 10:33 PM

ROSTER MANAGEMENT.

And I just don’t mean portal. In fact, I’m talking about the way we recruit high school kids and the mix of our rooms….15 is NOT ENOUGH for the OL room. Look at the overall performance of that group over the last 15 to 20 years. It’s an issue that has never seriously been addressed. It would be one thing if we were wildly succeeding in that area and all of our peers weren’t. In fact, the exact opposite is true. We literally play games with one hand tied behind our back with one of the most important position groups.
Doing things that our peers would never dream of doing. Occasionally we have enough skill and enough experience to make it work. Most years we don’t.

With that said, we don’t need a major overhaul, just meaningful tweaks. Need to offer a bit more kids a little bit earlier as well so we aren’t screwed when we miss out on our top targets.

The landscape has changed. What made Clemson very attractive a few years ago doesn’t apply inseveral ways now Change is coming and from what I know Dabo is on board. Just been too slow to adopt.

With all that said…there is a reason why kids like Wesco and Moore are on board. You are starting to see the fruits of seeds, planted not long ago. However, there is going to be some pain in the interim.

Didn’t have to be this way, but it is where we are currently

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If you fix just one thing with our tigers, what would it be?