Re: Have you watched DJ's post game?

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Re: Read this article about DJ and his family

Oct 31, 2021, 8:48 AM [ in reply to Read this article about DJ and his family ]

I don't think I've ever posted anything negative about DJ but now I feel like an a$$ for even thinking things during the games about situations where bad decisions are made. It's so easy to criticize someone when they are a face doing a job. When the face becomes a person, someone you know something about, and in this case, become familiar with their true nature-good or bad, your entire attitude can change in an instant. It's usually like that in regular everyday life in general. I think this is a good lesson to demonstrate that these kids are not football players. They are kids playing football. They're not pros. Most all of them are doing their best as you don't get to the big stage being a slouch. For me at least, this is a wake up call to remember that these are just kids at heart and have feelings and stories just like everyone else. I think our job as fans for college athletics should be to build up our players, not chop them down because losing might make us feel bad about ourselves. If I remember this lesson, I'll feel bad because of my own behavior and perspective-not because we lose a game. That's not to say it doesn't feel crappy to lose. It does. It feels worse for the players and coaches, the ones who put in the work to try to be successful and then sometimes fall short. A big reason we have a top tier program is because it's about these kids first and then football. Sure, you want the most talented players you can get because it is a competition. However, how good would it feel to be a winner on the scoreboard but have a program that just uses people for what it can get out of them? I feel better knowing that our program does not do that and, in fact, goes the extra mile not to treat kids as commodities. We talk about the Clemson "family"-well here's a story about one of your family members. I feel proud of this family member and like one of my own kids, I want him/her to succeed and I'm not going to trash my kid on a message board when they somehow don't live up to expectations.

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What any talking head talks about is just their opinion. They are not authorities. Most have never coached a team. The ones who actually played are paid for their "opinions" They're all paid for their opinions.

I'm pretty sure DW and TL were not billed as running QB's. They were QB's that could run if they needed to escape. Having a QB run has never been a prerequisite for success in football. In fact, it's a way for them to get hurt. They don't have the running mindset usually and they sue as heck aren't padded up the same way.I know we have guys as pros who run but what usually happens?...they get seriously hurt or knocked out of a game. Did anyone not have their heart in their throat every time DW or TL took off on a run-knowing that every opposing player was licking their chops to go hurt them? Remember the cheap shot that TL took from a Syracuse player which was leading with the head and he was almost , if not, already, out of bounds (which the stellar ACC officials did not call). We remember the Chase Brice story. We should also remember how it came to be the Chase Brice story.

Have you watched DJ's post game?