morrison2951
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Yeah. He's frustrated, but I wouldn't say defeated.
As we are all.
Yeah. He's frustrated, but I wouldn't say defeated.
Undepheated.Yeah. He's frustrated, but I wouldn't say defeated.
All coaches are in somewhat uncharted territory. "NIL" payments to players didn't exist (at least not formally and above the table). Now they do for everybody. Some places have done better at this and are better funded than others.Let me preface this by reiterating that I'm big time #ClawsIN. His track record doesn't really support this current situation. He's in uncharted territory here. He's built programs into winners everywhere he's been, but he hasn't maintained a program long term. That's different, and IMO much harder. I think and certainly hope that he can figure it out, but we don't know that yet.
It's part of why after the Grobe-Arkansas deal shook out, I wasn't afraid of coaches getting poached anymore. Take the buyout money and bring in someone hungry.
But still phrustratedUndepheated.
I mean, if he's been able to change programs when he's come in, I don't think it's unlikely that he can step back, reassess his own program and then go at it like he would a new place.In addition to NIL, I think Dave is going to be forced to re-think his approach in several areas and that likely leads to some substantial changes in both personnel and approach going forward. To pull this off, again, no coach will be safe as new and fresh ideas may need to be brought in. I think the slow mesh has run its course and if his OC is not willing to adapt... well ... then time for a new one. And so on.
The problem is that I'm not sure Dave has it in his DNA or personality to do this. Hope I'm proven wrong and eat these words when we're headed to the Orange Bowl. But, he is going to have to do far more than some tweaking.
Let me preface this by reiterating that I'm big time #ClawsIN. His track record doesn't really support this current situation. He's in uncharted territory here. He's built programs into winners everywhere he's been, but he hasn't maintained a program long term. That's different, and IMO much harder. I think and certainly hope that he can figure it out, but we don't know that yet.
It's part of why after the Grobe-Arkansas deal shook out, I wasn't afraid of coaches getting poached anymore. Take the buyout money and bring in someone hungry.
Not so fast on that completely. Good O-line guys have not been plentiful in the portal. That appears to be one position where red shirting and development still occur.I mean, if he's been able to change programs when he's come in, I don't think it's unlikely that he can step back, reassess his own program and then go at it like he would a new place.
That's my hope any way.
Maybe he will completely overhaul the offense to something new w/ Rug in the off-season and it will be a new look for everybody up against us.
The redshirting philosophy probably needs to go the way of the corded phone though given the transfer numbers across the country.
Sad, pitiful, beaten down, pathetic, weak, sorry, god-awful, we had GAMES where 3rd down automatically meant "time to punt after the statue of liberty sack or throw directly into the ground."I mean, what do you want him to say? Nothing at all?
When a team is bad, there's not much you can do as a head coach other than take responsibility, which he did. A lot of this year was clearly his fault - I thought he was refreshing in his honesty. I certainly wouldn't call it "pathetic".
So yeah, I am a little pissed off. Will cool down once we get the Reid waiver!
I don't think a rebuild will be that hard tbh. Just get the qb situation right and this would have been a typical Dave Clawson year at WakeI think a rebuild at a new place is different than a re-rebuild at a place you’ve been too.
In the former, you’re the shiny new object that can change things around and you get a recruiting halo for a period. In the latter, it’s your mess you’re trying to turn around and you may or may not get the benefit of the doubt.
True. But they've missed on that QB after Hartman for seven years.I don't think a rebuild will be that hard tbh. Just get the qb situation right and this would have been a typical Dave Clawson year at Wake
True. But they've missed on that QB after Hartman for seven years.
Tyler Cameron has probably spent more time on prime time tv than any other Wake football player.The Grobe Administration wasn't perfect- but they didn't have many misses at QB. Zac Taylor, Ben Mauk, and Brett Hodges all transferred and were at a minimum G5 starters elsewhere with huge numbers. Tyler Cameron didn't exactly light it up but career worked out in other ways.
Look for DEACDAVIS to choke on his own vomit.Look for Dave to possibly move on and we have to start over. Before he took us to countless bowl championship games we couldn’t get out of our own way.
Look for Dave to possibly move on and we have to start over. Before he took us to countless bowl championship games we couldn’t get out of our own way.