A quick analysis of Clemson's coaches

Dec 19, 2013, 11:49 AM

I just did a rough and quick analysis of Clemson coaches performance overall and against USC. I did this because of the vast amount of animosity that I read on these boards toward Coach Swinney and his staff. Do I like losing to USC - no! Do I like and respect Coach Swinney and the rest of the staff - based on what I know - Yes!

These numbers are rough and I may have made a slight error, but they are approximately correct.

Coach Swinney has won 68% of his games. He has only won 16% of his games against the chickens. But over this same period, the chickens have won 71% of their games.

Over the last three years, Coach Swinney has won 79% of his games. He has lost all of the games to USC, but over the same period they have won 84% of their games!

Comparing this to previous Clemson coaches, Tommy Bowden won 63% of his games and 78% of his games against USC, but during this period USC only won 54% of their games. They sucked.

Tommy West won 53% of his games and won 60% of his games against a USC team that over the same period only won 42% of their games. They sucked even more.

Ken Hatfield won 71% of his games and 75% of his games against USC but USC only won 43% of their games during his tenure. Clemson did not do bad while he was the head coach, and I liked him, but that was during my time at Clemson and I don't remember anyone being very happy with him as a coach.

Danny Ford won 77% of his games and 70% of his games against USC. But that was against a USC squad that only managed to win 57% of their games during that period.

I have excluded ties from this analysis.

The thing that this doesn’t take into account is that the coots are not only playing great ball right now, but they are doing so in a conference that is considered to be the strongest from top to bottom in the country. I always remember the SEC being strong, but never do I remember a time when they were considered to be this dominant.

I repeat - I do not like losing to the coots! However, USC is currently playing the best football that they have ever played. Losing to them sucks, but losing to them right now doesn’t bother me as much as it would if they were horrible like they normally are.

I have read a lot of people complaining that our coaching staff should be able to do more with the talent that we have. I will remind them that these same coaches are the recruiters that brought this talent in. Coaches are total package; recruiting, strength and conditioning, preparation, and making calls in the game. I feel really good about our current staff overall. Could they improve? Absolutely! But they are doing a much better job than I could ever do. Like many, I do wish they would focus more on recruiting great linesmen in addition to the skill positions. We have really good linesmen, but I think that we could get 4- and 5- star recruits at those positions. I think that’s what’s needed to transform the Tigers from a great team to a team that is actually in contention for the title at the end of the season.

Now, feel free to call me a pumper.

Go Tigers!

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and while i give credit to South Carolina for being a "solid team", BUT........

I saw them play UCF
I saw them play Vandy
I saw them play UGA
I saw them play Kentucky
I saw them play UT
I saw them play Mississippi State
I saw them play a PATHETIC FLORIDA TEAM

they were FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR from the "invincible" unbeatable/best team in the ultraverse that many "clemson fans looking for something to make them feel better" think

they're success and even their "home win streak" can be attributed to the DRASTIC fall off of the SECEast..........it's the SAME as us hanging our hat on having a streak of beating unranked high school teams by double digits.

Look, South Carolina is a "solid" team.......we get it.......we also get that we can't beat a "solid/good" south carolina team, but we SHOULD have won this year, 2012, and 2009 and there's no stats/percentages/angles/views/etc... to change what I've SEEN ON THE FIELD the last 5 years.....there's not...........if nothing else just stop using the "south carolina's good" excuse b/c it holds NO WATER..........ESPECIALLY when we're "supposedly" having the best run we've had in decades

bottomline is spurrier is a better coach than dabo and both know it.........spurrier OWNS him

A quick analysis of Clemson's coaches

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Re: A quick analysis of Clemson's coaches

Same ole same ole

What happens when NC State, UVA, Syracuse,

'11 Auburn, '11 FSU, '11 VT (x2), '12 LSU, '13 UGA***

Technically '12 Auburn was ranked too

I wasn't listing all ranked opponents we've beaten, but

The OP isn't trying to use that as an excuse

Great points but some here are too bitter to listen***

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I'll wait until the 2010 SEC Championship comes on

Everyone is aware that we can't beat SCar if they're "good"

Good points - a lot of Clemson fans seem to think....

Hey "sunjester"..I think you need a follower...So here goes!

Sbrooks...

You are correct

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Re: The heck with your analysis. I am not conceding one

You did the math - Nicely done!

Re: You did the math - Nicely done!

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