He helps us. When was the last time Williams did anything?
Clawson didn't want Cortez in the first place - as he was a holdover recruit from the previous staff. He had to be convinced to take him. Then he sees the kid has talent, claims him as his own, and praises him all last year while being red-shirted, spring ball, and pre-season. Don't get me wrong, he's made 2 very dumb and boneheaded plays and deserves some backlash for them. Where would we be without him right now though? He leads our team in receiving and is arguably our best play maker on offense outside of our backup QB. Cortez plays with an edge that currently isn't present on the team. The current squad is SOFT. He needs to control that edge and channel it on the field better.
Everywhere Clawson has gone he's kicked a good player off to "send a message" to the rest of the team. Fearing this could be where that's headed.