Reversing course on a Wednesday evening.

Oct 10, 2007, 6:52 PM

Usually, by Wednesday, the sting of a loss fades a little bit. It's not gone - but it fades. That still hasn't happened this week. Maybe it's because we don't have a game this Saturday - I don't know.

Here's what I do know on a Wednesday afternoon:

1) I've posted quite often about the disappointment I felt on Saturday and my views of our coaching staff, how much good they?ve done for us in the past, and what the future might/should hold for them. And nothing has changed in how I feel right now.

2) Nothing I post here is going to have any bearing on if/when/how/why Clemson changes any coach in any sport.

3) Posting about it hasn't made me feel better. In fact, I think it's made me feel worse and it's the reason why I'm still dragging.

4) No new coach is a guaranteed success. Pete Carroll was laughed out of the NFL; many Southern Cal fans were upset that he was hired. Bill Belichick was a failure with the Browns. Top-notch assistant coaches like Brad Scott and Chuck Amato never panned out as head coaches; lesser-known assistants often jump out of oblivion when they get their chance.

5) The best thing I can do right now is button my yapper, support the life out of this team, and let the chips fall where they may. Personally, I think we'll finish 8-4. I predicted/wanted 9-3 or better at the start of the season. One game off my projection is not an abject catastrophic failure - it's just a disappointment.

I don't want to feel like I'm watching this team - or our fans - "play out the string." I want to see them fight, battle, and win. I want a win over CMU to set us back on the right track. A win over Maryland because I don't care for the Walrus. A win over Wake for all the time they've given us fits. A win over Duke because they're Duke. A win over Boston College to avenge the last two years. And a win over the Gamecocks because they're the Gamecocks.

We can win four of those games. We might win more. I'm just going to toss my expectations out the window, enjoy some beautiful fall weather in God's country, and see where we stand at the end of the season - which is when any sort of decision should be, and will be, made.

Then we can debate next steps. Then we can debate the future of this program.

Right now, the present is Central Michigan in ten days and five regular season games after that. And, God willing, a couple more in the college postseason.

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this time its different. I've tried explaining this in other posts and I'll do it again. Several things.

1. Most fence sitters (I don't care if you've been a fence sitter for 8 years, 5 years, 2 years, or just after GT) fell off the fence after the VT game, this time it was different.

2. It isn't about the record and the record alone, although it doesn't help over TB's tenure.

3. The FSU wins that have kept Bowden alive are not impresive wins (most of them) when analyzed where FSU finished those season and who else beat them.

It is time to move on. Good job Bowden, you kept us respectable in some regards off the field and you recruited well, but you did nothing with the talent you recruited. I like you as a man but its time to move on. Good luck to you.

Reversing course on a Wednesday evening.

this is a great line-

Then we can watch them win the ACCCG and then win the

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Staying the course on a Wed night...Bowden's gotta go.

And that may very well happen at the end of the season.

Re: And that may very well happen at the end of the season.

Very generous to say we'll go 8-4

Duke will NEVER be us.***

They have, and they can!***

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Because

It may very well be time to move on at season's end.

Good post.

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