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Swinney: Ellington will get more touches
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Swinney: Ellington will get more touches


Oct 10, 2010, 7:08 PM

Swinney: Ellington will get more touches

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney held his Sunday afternoon teleconference with the media, and he said that sophomore running back Andre Ellington's load will have to increase. Full Story »


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about time


Oct 10, 2010, 7:12 PM

but why does it take 3 losses to see this?

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Exactly. Why did it take 4 games to realize that.....


Oct 11, 2010, 9:08 AM

changes were needed in the WR corps and 5 games to realize Ellington should be the Bell Cow at RB? Dumb founding.

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No crap, Dabo. What makes you think that?


Oct 10, 2010, 7:12 PM

Geesh.

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Re: Swinney: Ellington will get more touches


Oct 10, 2010, 7:12 PM

too funny

we just figured out what to do at WR and now we figure out what to do at RB

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And how long will it take him to get the defense right...


Oct 10, 2010, 9:10 PM

...or will he continue to leave that up to Kevin "play six yards off the WO on 4th-&-1" Steele...

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wow,,,,,this guy is a genious***


Oct 10, 2010, 7:14 PM



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Judging by your grammar, so are you.***


Oct 10, 2010, 7:51 PM



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There's something in these hills.


lmao***


Oct 10, 2010, 8:54 PM



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Haha, thank you God for moments like this.***


Oct 11, 2010, 11:23 AM [ in reply to wow,,,,,this guy is a genious*** ]



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Also, Parker over Bowers for POG? Parker missed


Oct 10, 2010, 7:14 PM

open guys all day long.

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Re: Also, Parker over Bowers for POG? Parker missed


Oct 10, 2010, 10:19 PM

"I thought Kyle Parker played his best game of the year. He was outstanding and was the player of the game." - Dabo

So...Kyle Parker played his best game of the year??! What??! He missed open receivers all day long. Scrambled out of the pocket before he even looked down field like he was scared to death of getting sacked. He's got C.H.S. (Cullen Harper Syndrome)! "Cullen Parker" better get tough so we can see Kyle Parker again!

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Re: Also, Parker over Bowers for POG? Parker missed


Oct 11, 2010, 11:53 AM

How many QB's have we had get hurt and never be the same? 3 or 4? Not a knock on KP. If I was hurt and had defensive tackles coming after me , I'd panic too. And Cullen was all world until he hurt his sholder, we all know what happened to Korn. I hate it for those guys, but they play the most visible and hardest position in football...

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How about Nuke Hopkins for POG?***


Oct 10, 2010, 11:58 PM [ in reply to Also, Parker over Bowers for POG? Parker missed ]



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Yeah he realizes after we are 2-3 and 02 in conference. Way


Oct 10, 2010, 7:14 PM

to go Dabo. So smart.

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And the Coach continues to learn on the job.


Oct 10, 2010, 7:15 PM

Where else in America can you get the types of on-the-job training that we are offering at Clemson?

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the white house?


Oct 10, 2010, 7:50 PM

ZING!

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Good one!***


Oct 10, 2010, 11:59 PM



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Beamer comes to mind............check the early years***


Oct 10, 2010, 9:14 PM [ in reply to And the Coach continues to learn on the job. ]



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Tommy Bowden & Tommy West come to mind as well..............***


Oct 10, 2010, 9:31 PM



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Freaking geniuses!


Oct 10, 2010, 7:19 PM

Really?

I'm no coach, but even I know that we need to put our best players on the field!

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Didn't they say Ellington would get more touches


Oct 10, 2010, 7:20 PM

last week before the game?

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nope. I double checked to make sure. Napier said that


Oct 10, 2010, 7:21 PM

Ellington would get more touches than Harper, which in fact, he had one more carry than Harper.

Ain't that great?

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OH..thats why they took him out after that 10 yd & 19 yd run***


Oct 10, 2010, 7:36 PM



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lol, must be***


Oct 10, 2010, 7:38 PM



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Wow, Dabo, what are you thinking?!


Oct 10, 2010, 7:42 PM

Actions speak louder than words: Just do it- no need to tell Maryland part of the gameplan for next week.. Come on man.

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Re: Didn't they say Ellington would get more touches


Oct 10, 2010, 7:26 PM [ in reply to Didn't they say Ellington would get more touches ]

yep...heard it last week too...

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I thought coaches were supposed to see these things in


Oct 10, 2010, 7:20 PM

practice, and that's why they get paid the big bucks?

I mean you have all the fans on here saying this exact same thing after the first game of the year, then after Auburn, then after Miami, then during the UNC game you even have the TV announcers saying the same thing, then you have the guys on College Football Final saying the same thing.... EVERYONE in the world recognizes that Ellington needs to carry the load....

and Dabo is just now getting it.

oh boy

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Exactly! Spot on!***


Oct 11, 2010, 12:01 AM



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Re: Swinney: Ellington will get more touches


Oct 10, 2010, 7:25 PM

It took THREE LOSSES to figure that out? Nice work Dumbo.

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Friedgen: Thanks for the tip***


Oct 10, 2010, 7:27 PM



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with our OL and Andre Ellington, I don't care if the twerps


Oct 10, 2010, 7:44 PM

know we're going to run it, they can't stop it

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Re: with our OL and Andre Ellington, I don't care if the twerps


Oct 10, 2010, 7:50 PM

I was just starting to say that almost same thing. Give them our plays sheet. And i don't think they could stop it. But they have had a week off right....

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Re: with our OL and Andre Ellington, I don't care if the twerps


Oct 10, 2010, 7:52 PM [ in reply to with our OL and Andre Ellington, I don't care if the twerps ]

You sound just a bit over-confident as a fan of a team that doesn't have a real win going into October 16th. I mean, after all, UNC was so easy with all those suspensions... Oh, wait...

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Re: Friedgen: Thanks for the tip***


Oct 10, 2010, 7:49 PM [ in reply to Friedgen: Thanks for the tip*** ]

Thanks Dabo....now Maryland force us to throw, and take away the run.

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Doesn't matter if Dabo says it or not, that's the


Oct 10, 2010, 8:33 PM [ in reply to Friedgen: Thanks for the tip*** ]

blueprint to beat us and every one of the ACC coaches know it. Load the box and make the passing game NOT just be successful, but win the game.

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Shhh...you don't have to tell Maryland***


Oct 10, 2010, 7:32 PM



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#### Dabo...you just now figuring that out***


Oct 10, 2010, 7:35 PM



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took him five weeks to figure out.....


Oct 10, 2010, 7:51 PM

what everyone else figured out in one

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If your O line can't run block, does it matter


Oct 10, 2010, 7:57 PM

who the RB is?

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Oh no***


Oct 10, 2010, 8:00 PM



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Sorry about that.... what I MEANT to say was


Oct 10, 2010, 8:00 PM

Oh no, last week I was told what a thundering moron I was because I thought our o-line/o-line coach was bad.

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What's really strange...


Oct 10, 2010, 8:03 PM

Is that Nappyay ran Ellington last year as CJ's back-up. He knew what the guy is capable of. Yet, this year, they just keep feeding Harper. I just don't get it.

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ain't much about our offense


Oct 10, 2010, 8:06 PM

that HAS made sense for about the last 5 or 6 years.

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not exactly...........in the back-up role, Harper got


Oct 10, 2010, 8:22 PM [ in reply to What's really strange... ]

many, many more touches last year than AE, and a lot of us were calling them out for it back then too.

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Re: If your O line can't run block, does it matter


Oct 11, 2010, 12:34 AM [ in reply to If your O line can't run block, does it matter ]

Too true. We have no blocking on the right side of our OL. Not too much pass blocking on that side either. The presure usually comes in over the right side, but some of the issues are the receivers aren't getting open.

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Ellington: 6.5 YPC; Harper 3.9 YPC


Oct 11, 2010, 11:29 AM [ in reply to If your O line can't run block, does it matter ]

Yes, obviously it matters. The "fact" that our O-Line "can't run block" is somewhat less obvious.

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How come...


Oct 10, 2010, 7:59 PM

it takes Swinney and Napier so long to make obvious decisions? For instance, I intuited from Game 1 that Hopkins was our most talented receiver and Dye was simply not cutting it. How come Swinney and Napier waited until last week to start Hopkins?

Further, we long knew (even from last year) that Ellington's level of play was a considerable step above Harper's. Yet, the coaches waited until the lid almost falls off the season before committing to give Number 23 more runs.

Why does it seem like the fans know more than the coaches?

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Will Tommy now admit Merriweather shouldn't have been pulled***


Oct 10, 2010, 8:07 PM



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How come.....


Oct 10, 2010, 8:08 PM [ in reply to How come... ]

all of you post the same thing in 30 different ways?

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Re: How come.....


Oct 10, 2010, 8:44 PM

Because the answer is so obvious. Maybe were all just a bit edgy due to the lack of intelligence coming from our staff.

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Re: Swinney: Ellington will get more touches


Oct 10, 2010, 8:35 PM

my question is why the heck u didn't make that decision during the game

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Ya think, Dumbo??***


Oct 10, 2010, 8:52 PM

Won't help you save your job at this point!! Too late!!


Message was edited by: cu_tiger78®


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I know one big mistake clemson did a yr and a half ago


Oct 10, 2010, 8:58 PM

not sure when that one will be fixed

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For some reason I thought he said this after the last loss?***


Oct 10, 2010, 9:36 PM



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Parker player of the game?


Oct 10, 2010, 11:44 PM

What game did you see? Parker hasn't shown up since 1st half of Auburn! Not a leader! As long as he is in...less than mediocre. I am glad Ellington will get more touches. Gives less time for Parker to choke!

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Wow, these coaches had all summer, several weeks of


Oct 10, 2010, 11:56 PM

preseason practices, plus two season-opening gimme games to evaluate their talent; however, it takes the fifth game and a 2-3 record to realize that their most talented offensive player should actually ... play.
Gosh, where do I sign up to be a college football coach. Is there some kind of registration fee I have to pay?

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He did NOT say that Andre would get more touches THAN Jamie


Oct 11, 2010, 12:18 AM

For all we know, they'll give Ellington more touches but continue to split carries equally between Harper and Ellington.

The stupid thing is that we'll probably go up on UMD early, but Dabo will continue to run Ellington (getting him needlessly banged up) because he promised the fans that he would do so. It's so dumb. They should have run Ellington against the tough teams (Auburn, Miami, UNC) when Ellington was needed for season-defining games. If we put UMD away early, then I hope they retire Ellington to keep him healthy for GT, et al. In that case let Harper and McDowell get some experience.

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It's Called.........


Oct 11, 2010, 12:07 PM

I tried it my way and things didn't work out, now I will try it the way people that criticize me wants things done to get myself out of trouble for a bit.

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Oct 11, 2010, 12:38 PM

It Took Dabo until Monday to figure that out.....

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