tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post8730148845931453276..comments2023-10-16T06:09:53.892-04:00Comments on Scott Says ...: Bowden: A nice guy who couldn't win the big oneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-28902121798489127672008-10-13T15:30:00.000-04:002008-10-13T15:30:00.000-04:00Clemson administration has to be the largest colle...Clemson administration has to be the largest collection of idiots south of Washington DC. To give Bowden an extension and then fire him six games later is moronic, as is letting a benched qb's daddy dictate the firing. What is the over/under in coaches at Clemson being fired before Harper realizes that the main problem is his son sucks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-78515331393772285602008-10-13T14:20:00.000-04:002008-10-13T14:20:00.000-04:00Bodwen was a good recruiting coach and a nice guy ...Bodwen was a good recruiting coach and a nice guy but his football instincts on game day were poor. Against Wake Forest in the 3rd quarter he called for a fake punt on 4th and 3. Wake lined up in "punt safe" and Bodwen still went for it. Bodwn just couldn't get the job done and needed to be let go.<BR/><BR/>The major problem is the anemic offense whose play calling seems to come from a high school kid playing Xbox. Clemson fails to run the ball down hill powerfully and instead chooses the "cute" bubble screen. Clemson has two VERY talented running backs in Davis and Spiller but chose to abandon the run game in favor of throwing the ball to an average receiving corps. <BR/><BR/>Youth on the team has always been a problem with Bodwen. Bodwen does a poor job in grooming young talent and preparing them for D1 division play. The offensive line is the prime example. They can't run or pass block which leaves Harper distressed on most of his pass plays. The young linebackers are the other example. They over pursue almost every play and most teams have taken advantage of the soft zone successfully.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately success in college comes from coaching. Play calling is the most important issue in college football and Clemson does one of the worst jobs in the ACC. Instead of downhill power runs to set up the pass they chose to run trick plays once a series and try to "dink and dunk" the ball down the field. There is NO vertical pass game. Whoever the new coach is will have plenty of talent to work with and hopefully can bring Clemson an ACC title.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781597465546086998noreply@blogger.com