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I know we are done with DJU but…
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There’s no doubt in my mind that we blew this one. I went back and watched both the BC and ND games, as well as high school and some of his camps. It appeared to me that he regressed, and regressed significantly, after his freshman year.
It’s as if someone tried to fix him when he wasn’t broken. I saw his head turning and finding second and third options, I saw him stepping up in the pocket, rolling out. He had more zip on the ball. Even his footwork looked better. Streeter is gone for this. I hopefully Riley will right the ship.
It must hurt DJ to see Bryce, Stroud and even Anthony Richardson about to get their big payday and he’s headed to the other OSU. Same class and he was supposed to be the better QB.
Good luck, brother! I hope you show out.
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
Mar 19, 2023, 1:57 PM
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Streeter didn’t help but neither did D J. Plenty of blame to go around there.
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What could Streeter have done to fix DJ?
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Mar 19, 2023, 2:08 PM
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If DJs personal psychologist couldn't fix it, then how can a football coach be expected to fix what was the root cause issue with DJ?
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Naw _ not buying that line of BS.***
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Re: Naw _ not buying that line of BS.***
Mar 20, 2023, 5:49 PM
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It’s still the truth regardless of your shopping list.
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
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You are right, we are done with DJU, Vietnam, the Depression and the War Between the States so no need to look back
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
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It was way more than physical skills with DJ.We may never know everything.It definitely wasn't handled right but hopefully he will be able to get it right
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Streeter is not gone because he couldn't fix DJ's head.
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Mar 19, 2023, 2:06 PM
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DJ's physical skill set is what it is, and there aren't any coaches who can fix it.
The key difference in 2020 was DJ's confidence. Maybe better put as lack of thinking too much. He got in his own head, and even was seeing a psychologist. It helped, but only until adversity hit. DJ won 7 games and Cade won 1. We didn't then lose to ND due to DJ or an offensive scheme. We lost because they ran at will on us. The same two plays gouged us time and time again. DJ wasn't good and neither was Cade, but were not an offense that could just allow the other team to sustain long drives and score at will.
The old DJ slowly crept back in, buy he did play great following ND and the two games leading up to uSC.
uSC saw the mentally strugglng DJ. rise to the surface. He wasn't any better against UNC, and the rest is history.
Nobody "fixed" or changed anything about DJ. His arm motion and footwork was not modified. He mechanically didn't change. We didn't change him or teach him to get in a mental funk. It was mental part of the game where DJ struggled the most, and if not even a psychologist could fix it, then it's a lot to ask to think a QB coach could.
Streeter was let go due to a lack of Cade development and Dabo simply wanted a brand new, innovative system to move the offense ahead. It wasn't because Brandon couldn't fix DJ.
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Dabo set Cade up to fail to push his DJ is the best QB narrative.
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Cade was never given an opportunity. He said in the press conference, following the ACC championship game that that week was the first time all year he took snaps with the starters. That week he got about 30% of the snaps with the starters. He was never given the opportunity to compete for the job because it would’ve been obvious how much better he was than DJ. Dabo said he wasn’t ready. Yeah because Dabo never gave him a chance. And that was beyond dumb and criminal because what if DJ would’ve gotten hurt? Now you’ve got a number two that hasn’t practiced with the starters all year. Contrary to everything Dabo did in the past he coddled on and protected DJ. It is a mystery. And it was detrimental to the team and the program. We missed the playoffs because of that! We lost to South Carolina and ended a half a dozen different streaks because of Dabo’s stubbornness protecting DJ.
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Re: Dabo set Cade up to fail to push his DJ is the best QB narrative.
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Cade was never given an opportunity. He said in the press conference, following the ACC championship game that that week was the first time all year he took snaps with the starters. That week he got about 30% of the snaps with the starters. He was never given the opportunity to compete for the job because it would’ve been obvious how much better he was than DJ. Dabo said he wasn’t ready. Yeah because Dabo never gave him a chance. And that was beyond dumb and criminal because what if DJ would’ve gotten hurt? Now you’ve got a number two that hasn’t practiced with the starters all year. Contrary to everything Dabo did in the past he coddled on and protected DJ. It is a mystery. And it was detrimental to the team and the program. We missed the playoffs because of that! We lost to South Carolina and ended a half a dozen different streaks because of Dabo’s stubbornness protecting DJ.
Clemson didn’t miss the playoffs because of Dabo. Clemson missed the playoffs because the defense was substandard, to downright bad, against good and very good team. Notre Shame beat Clemson the old fashioned way, and it had been a long time since I had watched a Clemson defense be absolutely gutted by a power run offense the way Notre Shame ran over Clemson. South Carolina scored over 30 points, in Death Valley, for crying out loud! Yikes! Tennessee’s offense pretty much did whatever it liked in the Orange Bowl, and that was without their two best players. Quite simply, Clemson was NOT a playoff team last year. Could and should they have been a Top 10 team last year? Absolutely. There is no question about that, but were they Top 10. Not at all. A playoff team? Hardly. After hindsight, to me, it’s easy to see that Clemson had many issues in the 2022 season that kept it from being a great team. They were a good team, and they had a very good year, but the weren’t among the highest echelon of teams in 2022.
Additionally, your criticism that Dabo somehow cheated #2 from greatness, in my opinion, is not a fair criticism. In 2022, #2 had a great drive against GA Tech in the 4th Qtr. He made a great pass on the 2 point conversion against Sorryexcuse. That looked very encouraging, but I think it also led some to think he was far more advanced as a freshman QB than he actually was last Fall. For example, he made a very poor decision trying to throw that ball near the Clemson endzone when he saw action against Notre Shame. But, he was a freshman QB entering a game in which his team was trailing, on the road, in front of 80,000 fans. I’ll cut him some slack in that one. Plus, the entire team, coaching staff included, was in desperation mode at that point.
The blame for the Shamecock game wasn’t totally on #5 or the offense in general. Even with the mistakes, they okayed good enough to have won. Will Shipley played great, and I think, at the time, it was a valid criticism in questioning why he was not given the ball more in that game. However, even with that, Clemson still had the opportunity to win the game with less than five minutes to play. They received a punt, an were about to get great field position when the muff occurred. That sealed the game for the rotten roosters. Yet, as I stated above, the Shamecocks scored over 30 points in Death Valley. That just shouldn’t have happened. Again, I blame that game more on the defense.
#2 showed great promise in the ACC Title Game, but I think he proved Dabo’s critique of him not being ready, was made manifest in the Tennessee game. While #2 was far from the primary reason for that debacle, he did display some problems. One glaring issue that must be fixed would be his continuous rolling out of the pocket and taking enormous losses trying to outrun the defense. I can’t recall how many times he would run out wide, while being pursued by the defense, only to lose quite a few yards. Had he stayed in the pocket, and even taken a sack, I do not believe the resulting lost yardage would have been as great. His repeated attempts to outrun the defense to the corner of the sideline resulted in too much lost yardage. He was literally running backwards. He did that A LOT. I hope they are able to correct that problem. No matter how much potential talent he may have, if he continues to run so far backward each time he leaves the pocket, he might not be the starter very long.
The good news is that I think he will make an exceptionally good quarterback, and he has tremendous potential talent and capability. If the receiving corp can show marked improvement in getting open and catching the ball this season, good things will happen. In fact, if that happens, Clemson’s offense will return to terrifying opposing defenses just as 2011-2019 teams did so well.
I hope 2023 wjll be a great year for our team. Hopefully, they will still have one more game to play the second Monday in January of 2024. That would be awesome! Go Tigers!
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Re: Dabo set Cade up to fail to push his DJ is the best QB narrative.
Mar 20, 2023, 7:47 PM
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Who hired the DC?
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Not true.
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Mar 20, 2023, 8:52 AM
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Cade did get chances. Prior to the ACCCG, Cade was 11 of 22 for 98 yards, a TD and an INT.
He did look good against GT. He was 4 of 6 for 49 yards and a 3 yd TD pass ... late in the game when the speed of the game was dialed back and both teams were substituting liberally. He led a nice little drive, but nothing that said "starter".
He was 1-4 vs Furman. He was 2-5 for 19yds against LA Tech. He then played against BC before coming off the bench vs Syracuse. He was 2-4 for 19 yds and a very near INT around midfield in a tight game. Hence we handed off, and won the game. He came in against ND with a chance to win the job. He immediately threw a terrible pass, late, across his body for an INT.
He wasn't ready. That and we were 8-1 and inline for the playoffs. We didn't need a new QB.
Yes, he did great against UNC, but that was after a seasons worth of practice. He did okay against UT, but the freshman mistakes were evident. Cade made several mistakes in the game that could have potentially changed its course or made for a closer ballgame.
There was no mystery whatsoever. Cade was developing like any other freshman QB, and it showed in the action he did get. The situation didn't require us to rush him into action and we were a missed FG from the playoffs with DJ. It had absolutely nothing to do with Dabo coddling or protecting DJ.
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You realize that Cade admitted in the post game interview
Mar 20, 2023, 5:12 PM
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of the ACCCG, that he had not practiced with the 1's since preseason before the ACCCG practices started. He did not play with the 1's at all.
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a series here, a series there...
Mar 20, 2023, 7:54 PM
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DJ's fragile psyche in the back of everyone on the offensive staff's mind-—no Cade wasn't given a realistic chance
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
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Maybe DJU is at fault. Maybe he regressed because HE regressed.
I only blame the coaches for not recognizing his deficiencies. Or maybe they did but could not fix DJU. It was clear to many of us on Tigernet that DJU focused on one receiver on almost every play. I'm pretty sure this was obvious to other teams too.
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Everyone could see the deficiencies.
Mar 19, 2023, 2:16 PM
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Certainly the coaches.
DJ was coached. He was shown the corrections he needed to make, and he was actually improved this season - until Syracuse. Who knows why DJs head slipped on that day, he did recover following ND and actually played 2 great games heading into the coot game. DJ fell into a deep, deep mental funk against uSC, and the rest is history.
Moral of the story is - a coach can only do so much. If DJ's personal psychologist couldn't make it stick, then how can a football coach be expected to do so?
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Achtung! Tell 'em coot!***
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
Mar 19, 2023, 2:21 PM
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DJ did fine until the weight of being "the man" was entirely on his shoulders, then he seemed to fall apart. Add in the turmoil in his personal life and an entirely predictable offense and youve got a recipe for failure.
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Um, No!
Mar 19, 2023, 3:21 PM
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The kid cannot read defenses. He couldn’t make a handoff or even pitch a ball. He was slow and had no ability to sidestep a tackle. He was terrible in almost every facet even in the two games he played as a freshman. Anyone that knows football can see that kid was not as advertised. He was a product of the high school team he played on.
He had two turnovers that lead to scoop and scores handing the ball off. Kelly Bryant was better. Sometimes he could throw the ball well. But other than that he had no clue what he was doing out there and could not run our offense.
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I posted that many times the past two years.
Mar 20, 2023, 12:27 AM
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Watch the NFL. There are plenty of guys that look like Superman coming off the bench. But the minute they get named the starter they can’t handle the pressure and expectations. But despite the yards that he threw for against Boston College and Notre Dame, you could see all the errors all the mistakes, all the deficiencies all the weaknesses. And that was a lot better team that season. We still should’ve won the ND game. Mediocre OL play ended up losing that game because we couldn’t get a first down or a yard when we needed it to put the game away. That has been the defining and single biggest weakness of Clemson football during the Dabo era.
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
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UGA's totally predictable offense made a 2 star a Heisman trophy candidate.
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
Mar 20, 2023, 8:15 AM
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UGA's totally predictable offense made a 2 star a Heisman trophy candidate.
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Can you roll me one out of your bag?
Mar 19, 2023, 2:22 PM
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I ain't tripped like that since the 1960s.
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Drop it, numb nut.***
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Mar 19, 2023, 2:23 PM
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He wasn’t good as a freshman.
Mar 19, 2023, 3:18 PM
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He threw for a lot of yards against Notre Dame. But he was terrible at running our offense. He made tons of mistakes. All people looked at was the passing yards, but ignored the rest of his game. It was pretty obvious he was not going to be as promised.
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That's not correct, at all. Check the freshman stats and try again.
Mar 19, 2023, 10:21 PM
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I'll post them if you're too lazy. Bottom line is his stats were roughly in line with Trevor's. Let me know if you'd like to debate it further.
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First of all his freshman year he only started 2 games.
Mar 20, 2023, 12:16 AM
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That was a team that was far superior than the next two years. And you can quote all the stats you want. He played the entire game those two seasons. Trevor was usually out by the third quarter sometimes in the first half. Compare his stats to Trevor on a play by play basis not per game basis.
It’s like running backs and receivers. You have to look at yards per catch yards per carry not yards per game. You’re cherry picking stats without context.
Also, see how many times we went three and out with DJ compared to Trevor. See how many turnovers he had compared to Trevor. Especially fumbles because he can’t have the ball off or run the option.
Stats aren’t everything and you can cherry pick and manipulate stats. I saw DJ play. DJ looked like dog #### most of the time. Trevor Lawrence was a number one draft pick! People like you are so ignorant and caught up in your feelings about particular players or particular coaches. You sound like Judge Keller and Brownell.
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Re: That's not correct, at all. Check the freshman stats and try again.
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You seem to know a lot of the inside scoop…are you on staff? How do you DJ was seeing a psychologist? DJ’s did improve from his 1st full year as a starter to his 2nd…but facts are too concrete for tigernetters and don’t go with their negative narrative (which is not fact based). Even Tim Bourett (former football SID for Clemson) explained how all of our major offensive statistics were better than ND’s this year…and the ND OC got the Alabama OC job, and Clemson’s OC got fired. Makes no since. But hey…why let facts come into play now….apparently it’s way more fun to beat a very dead horse….time for t-netters to move on….I know Streeter and DJ have.
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Re: He wasn’t good as a freshman.
Mar 20, 2023, 5:26 AM
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He threw for a lot of yards against Notre Dame. But he was terrible at running our offense. He made tons of mistakes. All people looked at was the passing yards, but ignored the rest of his game. It was pretty obvious he was not going to be as promised.
Based purely on his limited action in 2020, Clemson fans had every reason to think DJ would be highly similar to Trevor. Below you will find DJ’s 2020 averages from his two starts. I also picked Trevor’s two best starts (Georgia Tech and Notre Dame (in ACC Title Game). I based Trevor’s “best” games on total QBR. These stats are from E(SEC)PN. (I also didn’t count the Citadel game because of the quality of opponent and both playing limited snaps).
Trevor’s 2 vs DJ’s 2 of 2020
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Passing attempts: 68 vs 85 ( TL < DJ)
Completion percentage: 72% vs 69.4% (TL > DJ)
Passing Yards: 726 vs 781 (TL < DJ)
Passing Yards per attempt: 10.7 vs 9.2 (TL > DJ)
TD Passes: 7 vs 4 (TL > DJ)
Passing TD Yd Average: 35.1 vs 26.5 (TL > DJ)
Interceptions: 2 vs 0 (TL < DJ)
Rushing Yards: 96 vs 27 (TL > DJ)
Rushing Yards per attempt: 6.4 vs 1.4 (TL > DJ)
Fumbles: 0 vs 1 (TL > DJ)
Fumbles Lost: 0 vs 0 (TL = DJ)
Turnover Rate (INT+Fumbles): 2 vs 0 (TL < DJ)
QBR Average: 92.3 vs. 90.1 (TL > DJ)
So, other than rushing, Trevor was only slightly better in the most meaningful QB statistics. However, I stress again that it was only SLIGHTLY. Considering DJ was a true Freshman, while Trevor was a seasoned, 2 year starter going into his Junior year, those numbers are made even closer. I don’t know what you observed that was so wrong in DJ’s performance from 2020. Obviously, I must have missed it. I, as I’m sure many, many other Clemson fans did as well, thought DJ would essentially be Trevor 2.0. The stats, at the very least, from DJ’s two 2020 starts certainly painted that picture.
DJ was very resilient at Clemson. No, it didn’t work out like he or we wanted, but he won most of his games, showed marked improvement in 2022 from 2021, and led Clemson back to the ACC Title game. He was a good Tiger player, and I hope he does well in Corvallis. Go Tigers!
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Didn't have it mentally***
Mar 19, 2023, 3:21 PM
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Didn't have it mentally***
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
Mar 19, 2023, 3:35 PM
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Appreciate all that DJ did for Clemson, but he was a head case. Seemed like he would think too much instead of letting his instincts and body do the job. Streeter could’ve helped by reducing the play calling; especially after it came out from Klubnik that the team could have as many as 80 plays. Sometimes less can be better.
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I'll say this yet again
Mar 19, 2023, 3:44 PM
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ETN was in the backfield those two games, which opened up the secondary. There was also precious little tape on DJ to reveal his weaknesses to opponents.
DJ came into the following season overconfident and overweight. That is totally his OWN fault. Dabo's complete and utter lack of praise for him during spring and summer practices spoke volumes to me. Then, the UGA game exposed DJ for the world to see. Once that happened, he was sunk.
Last season was the real DJ. He lost weight, prepped hard and gave his absolute best. He did OK, but his mental fragility was the final straw.
If you honestly believe watching those two games in 2020 speaks more about DJ than his failures in 2021 and 2022, there is no hope for you. It is the exact opposite.
I promise you DJ isn't going to explode off the page at Oregon State. Stop living in the two-game 2020 fantasy land. There is a better chance of him failing at Oregon State and transferring again than him breaking out into something so many here want him to be.
I hope he does well and believe he should easily win the starting job. They run the ball a lot and he won't be asked to do and think as much there. But I won't be surprised at all if Gulbranson gets plenty of playing time and ends up starting again at some point. Just being real.
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
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Why do we keep digging up the body and doing multiple autopsies? Can't we just let him RIP?
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Tiger Net is for picking scabs
Mar 19, 2023, 3:50 PM
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There is no subject TNetters will run over and then back up and run over again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. Too much coke snorting at the keyboard.
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It was impossible for him to have more zip on the ball
Mar 19, 2023, 3:48 PM
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All he threw was high and outside fastballs
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Mar 19, 2023, 11:24 PM
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There’s no doubt in my mind that we blew this one. I went back and watched both the BC and ND games, as well as high school and some of his camps. It appeared to me that he regressed, and regressed significantly, after his freshman year.
It’s as if someone tried to fix him when he wasn’t broken. I saw his head turning and finding second and third options, I saw him stepping up in the pocket, rolling out. He had more zip on the ball. Even his footwork looked better. Streeter is gone for this. I hopefully Riley will right the ship.
It must hurt DJ to see Bryce, Stroud and even Anthony Richardson about to get their big payday and he’s headed to the other OSU. Same class and he was supposed to be the better QB.
Good luck, brother! I hope you show out.
Can't figure out if coaching staff wrecked DJ or DJ wrecked himself ... wish him the best at Oregon St and all in on Riley and CK2. It was time for Clemson to move on but respect your support of DJ.
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
Mar 20, 2023, 12:08 AM
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You're 100% right. DJ had better stats in high school than Trevor and Deshaun, who both shattered Georgia records, and did it against the hardest possible high school schedule. He was beating teams composed entirely of P5 athletes. He beat Bryce Young in a shootout to win the national title. He dominated every camp he competed in and was the favorite to win the Elite 11, but skipped because he was more focused on winning the championship. He had many NFL QB legends and passing coaches raving about him, including Archie, who said he was as good as Big Ben.
Then he comes here and shatters records as a freshman, throwing for more yards on Notre Dame (a playoff team) than any other QB in history. And then suddenly, he sucks as a sophomore and junior and everyone thinks its him.
I have 0 doubt DJ was the QB everyone thought he was. You don't succeed at that level as a fluke. But I think Streeter absolutely destroyed him. Streeter is one of the worst QBs in Clemson history. Yes, he was tough and gritted it out, but a pick machine that couldn't even last as a backup on the Carolina Cobras Arena team has no place developing 5 Star QBs. That's like me, who sucked in gymnastics when I was 4, taking over coaching our Olympians. I think he destroyed his mechanics and gave him way too much to process, and tried to make him into a zone read QB when he was a pocket passer through and through. Then, DJ had to play a game with a ton of pressure on him, and it happened to be against one of the top 3 defenses of the 21st century (2021 UGA, 2018 Clemson, and 2017 Bama). I think they destroyed his remaining conferences leading to the worst QB year in Clemson history.
But I hope the OSU coaching staff is more competent than Streeter and can help him make the NFL a reality. And there's no way Riley won't be worlds better than Streeter and will help Klubnik.
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Because he played on teams that had a hell of a lot more talent.
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Mar 20, 2023, 12:31 AM
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Trevor and Watson didn’t have near the talent around them that DJ did nor Cade.
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Re: Because he played on teams that had a hell of a lot more talent.
Mar 20, 2023, 5:09 PM
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That's no doubt true. It is tough. St. John Bosco would have beaten Trevor's team by 50. They were far more talented. But the other side of that coin is they played against far more talented teams. Some people who follow SC high school football might remember when Byrnes was maybe the best team SC ever had. They went down as #2 in the country to play St. Thomas Aquinas and got humiliated. Mater Dei would have beaten St. Thomas Aquinas by 5 touchdowns that year with Bryce Young.
So we can debate that, but that's why I also brought up DJ's assessment by real experts (not Paul Finebaum), his performance in camp, and his first year performance.
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
Mar 20, 2023, 9:43 AM
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I’m just wondering when did how some played in college become a deciding factor on whether or not they are a good coach…let’s see how that theory plays out: Saban, good college player…ummm nope. Dabo…nope. Venables…nothing special. Jeff Scott…nope. Hugh Freeze…never played college ball. Joe Paterno…held interception record for Brown. Shall I go on…tired of hearing… this person wasn’t a good player therefor he’s not a good coach.
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
Mar 20, 2023, 5:06 PM
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Those are head coaches and coordinators. Their jobs are recruiting, acting as CEOs, and big picture plans. Streeter was a positions coach. His job was to develop quarterbacks and teach them fundamentals. A head coach doesn't need to know the specifics of handwork for an offensive guard. A line coach does. Streeter was incapable of being a quarterback, so he had no place teach QBs the fundamentals of the position. This is not rocket science, and you look stupid making that argument.
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Re: I know we are done with DJU but…
Mar 20, 2023, 5:30 PM
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I’m just wondering when did how some played in college become a deciding factor on whether or not they are a good coach…let’s see how that theory plays out: Saban, good college player…ummm nope. Dabo…nope. Venables…nothing special. Jeff Scott…nope. Hugh Freeze…never played college ball. Joe Paterno…held interception record for Brown. Shall I go on…tired of hearing… this person wasn’t a good player therefor he’s not a good coach.
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He was a man among boys and surrounded by talent in high school
Mar 20, 2023, 12:19 AM
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He threw for a lot of yards against Boston College and Notre Dame. But my God he was so bad in every other aspect. Look at the scoop and scores. Look at the turnovers. Look at the complete inability to break a tackle or read defenses. God you’re being blinded by cherry picked statistics. I watched both of those games and knew he was in over his head and overhyped. People that understand football and know what to look for saw that he was not as advertised.
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DJU's problems were 80/20
Mar 20, 2023, 5:15 PM
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his problems and coaches development.
I thought he improved greatly over the summer and start of the season. I applaud his weight loss. I think he gave it his all. But by late season, his head/heart wasn't in it. I don't think he could take the negative pressure that comes along with the position.
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DJ had better stats than A. Richardson
Mar 20, 2023, 8:13 PM
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DJ and the offense improved from DJ's Soph. to Jr. year.
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