That’s why I’ve been confused that it’s even a rumor. Maybe it’s just hokie fan wishful thinking.
No way Virginia tech would have suffered through Clawson's first two 3-9 seasons. He would have been gone long before he had his run of success. Hopefully clawson knows the big schools won't be patient as he builds the program his way like we were.
Didn't Odom flirt with State (to change sports)....
I doubt VT is in nearly as bad of recruiting shape as WF was at the end of the Grobe era. Year 3 is a fair starting point to evaluate Claw in his tenure here.
7 wins in year 3 is pretty strong considering our playbook was compromised.
TOB leaving BC when he did still boggles me- he had his best team coming back the next year that was undefeated until November IIRC. At State- he was re-building the Amato administration - the cupboard wasn’t exactly full there save some RB talent. I think that move was more about TOB getting a retirement gig near his beach house in SC than anything else. If TOB hadn’t fallen into Russell Wilson- that tenure would’ve been awful.
Dude hit like a freight train when he got to the ball carrier. That defense had it all. Unlimited swagger, mean streak and roamed sideline to sideline.
Also - I guarantee you that the powers that be in our conference - meaning UVA, UNC, State, Clemson- would much rather have DC at Wake than VT. While TOB was a good coach at BC- they had their best season in 2007 after he had already left- he never sniffed the top 10 during his time there. Might be a scenario that it pays dividends for us to be LOWF little brother here
TOB wanted a long extension and BC wanted to limit it to a year or two (BC fans had gotten tired of BC losing "big games" under TOB). My wild guess is that TOB's agent was trying to use State's interest as leverage, and BC wouldn't budge; so, TOB left for the leverage offer. Completely different situation with WF and Clawson (at this point, WF would agree to whatever reasonable demands that Clawson has).
FWIW, this is business, and Clawson's stock has never been higher; so, he can and should use the leverage to get whatever he wants from WF in the form of bumping assistant salaries, bumping his salary, facilities (which WF is already in the works), maybe even academic exceptions. Don't see Clawson leaving WF for VT, but have no problem with Clawson's agent fielding every available offer to and not rejecting them out of hand to: a) see what is out there; b) use those offers to strengthen his football program. The only currently possible scenario which could seriously tempt Clawson would be if Franklin leave Penn State for USC (or any other job). Clawson is from upstate New York (bordering PA), he played FB in New England and coached in NY, VA, NC and Ohio, all big recruiting areas for Penn State. Not predicting it, just saying that is the danger scenario in my eyes. PSU checks a lot of boxes as a program.
Y'all make no sense. Franklin is on the big stage at PSU, but he will go to a private California university that is 4 and 5 right now and then our private school coach at 9 and 1 leaves a private school to get on the big stage of PSU. Seems easier for Wake to become Stanford of the East and beat teams like Oregon that beat Ohio State on the road. Oh. Our stadium is small. And we only spent $ 80 million on facilities.