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Sweet Jesus...I had to finally register to speak my mind..
Nov 16, 2014, 12:24 PM
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I'm not the oldest Tiger fan. I'm 39 and haven't missed a game at the Valley in 7 years now and was on my dad's knee as a kid when the place had one upper deck. So I've got alittle cred as a fan...
I had to go register because some of you either aren't old enough or are too dense to see the forest for the trees. We had some good years with Coach Howard and some great ones with Danny. Then it went in the crapper. I sat through Hatfield's good record and GA Tech offense. I sat through 3-8 with Tommy West. I left that cathedral that is our Valley COUNTLESS times cussing Bowden because he couldn't find a way to beat Maryland, or he couldn't find a way to beat little BC, AT HOME, to go to the ACC chmpnshp, or watched him go up to Wake...Wake freakin forest...and struggle again and again to win against 1 star recruits. And it sucked big ones. 6-5 and 7-5 and 8-4 over and over and over sucks. He beat USC. TERRIBLE USC teams. 0-11 teams. Teams that Gilmore had to play QB on, etc etc. They sucked and noone outside the borders of this state gave a crap about them.
I wanna beat the fence-squawkers. Of course. But I want national aspirations for my Tigers. The Coot thing will come back around and we'll still lead the series by 25 games. IMO, fans who would be happy with 1-10 as long as we beat USC are stuck in a by-gone era of CB...Big time isn't just beating' that losin' ### team from down the road. It's wanted and desired, but there's more people...AND WE'VE TASTED IT AGAIN RECENTLY, FINALLY, AFTER WONDERING AROUND IN THE DARK FOR 20+ YRS.
I;am not a Dabo pumper. Yesterday sucked and I was in my living room, head in hands, knowing what was happening the moment it did. I've got concerns about Chad working the crap outta D-Wat first game back. If you stretch out Deshaun's #'s, it seems like Chad was aiming to run him 25 times and pass it 30 times. No CFB players can keep up that workload week in week out. JUST BECAUSE HE CAN DO IT, DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO DO IT EVER OTHER PLAY. Chad should've understood what is behind D-Wat and, at least somewhat, protect our MOST PRECIOUS asset.
BUT...you people who are ready to ship Dabo outta town..he's a baptiser, a cheerleader, a this, a that...reeducate yourselves on the 20 yrs I discussed above, the train wreck he came into (and not all a train wreck of talent, but the attitude and direction of the whole #### thing) and PLZ...FREAKING PLZ..explain to me what the man has done to not have a little cred in the bank, a few notches on his belt with what he's done.
Has it been perfect? Hell no. Is he still learning? Absolutely. Is the shine off of The Chad hire? Perhaps. But I know these things...
1)He has tried to make every move, push every button, do everything he can to get us to a winning top 5 program, CLEANLY. Ill take 7-3 before I have the nation looking at us like FSU.
2) He will continue to do what is necessary until he shows me otherwise.
and 3) (and this one holds a lot of weight with me) he gives a #### about my University as much as I do. I lost count with how many times I looked over in the 3rd qrtr of a tied ballgame, and freaking Bowden was squatting down playing with the stupid grass. This man has cried for My Clemson..like my eyes well up every time they run down that hill. He cares. Does the HBC really care about USC..nope, legacy. Does Muschamp give a crap about UF..plz. The man gives a ####.
Anyway, I don;t know where his career here will lead. Still up in the air. But he at the very least has done enough to stay behind him at the present time. I'm sorry this is so long and if you made it through, thx. But I had to finally register after years of casual reading here and get some things off my chest. Again, sorry for the long read.
Nick
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