Why cant it all be true?

Sep 27, 2023, 4:34 PM

1) Clemson began to decline at WR after Jeff Scott left;
2) DJ was not a good fit our program;
3) Elliott and Streeter were not good OCs;
4) We lost the best DC in the business;
5) NIL has given players opportunities to make money;
6) The transfer portal has bolstered parity among CFB;
7) COVID and everything that came with that (shorter seasons for some, recruiting restrictions, additional eligibility)

Bad OCs calling plays for a struggling QB to throw the ball to bad receivers is a disaster. Mix that with losing an irreplaceable DC and other teams getting players they otherwise couldn’t recruit, plus adding in players wanting to go to the highest bidder—clearly things haven’t been good for Clemson.

All of this happened within a 3 year span. Now in year 4, we have a better QB and proven OC, a solid DC who is learning (yes, I said it) and maturing WRs (yes, I said that too).

2-2 is clearly not the situation anybody anticipated. But this team has undergone A LOT of change in a short span. Maybe Dabo will change, maybe he won’t. Maybe he’s gotten complacent, maybe he hasn’t. Only time will tell.

Regardless, we have a team that has played their butts off and unfortunately the W-L column doesn’t reflect that. Whether you choose to give up on this team or not is your own business, but we owe it to them to stand behind them as they represent the paw.

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Re: Why cant it all be true?

I literally think we're one 6'2 - 6'4" outside receiver at the level of (Hopkins, Watkins, Bryant, Williams, Higgins or even a Deon Cain) that would drastically change how we operate in critical moments.

I can't help but think what a Keon Coleman would have done for us this year. Of course....he's got to want to come here to.

Still, getting a threat like that would instantly change our ability to hit deep shots and also give us the weapon we really need in the red zone.

It's so crazy how many times we've missed at that type of receiver in the last 5 years.

There are 7 WR's listed below that we've recruited since 2018. None of them have come close to the any of the receivers listed above (2010 - 2018).

- Justyn Ross (after his freshman year, injury understanding)
- Ladson (Never flashed, transferred)
- Ngata (Did okay. But never Broke as expected)
- Ajou Ajou - Truly a terribly wasted scholarship. Transferred, thankfully.
- EJ Williams (had a few moments, but ultimately transferred)
- Dacari Collins - Transferred.
- Beaux Collins - When is the light going to come on?
- Adam Randall - Still hoping he blossoms but haven't not been impressed so far.

I equally blame recruiting and coaching (development).