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Are Skalski and Turner back for one more season ?
Jan 3, 2021, 8:34 AM
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Experience can only help the D
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Re: Are Skalski and Turner back for one more season ?
Jan 3, 2021, 9:05 AM
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why not. They aren't going anywhere and they can go to grad school.
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Re: Are Skalski and Turner back for one more season ?
Jan 3, 2021, 9:15 AM
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Personally I’m ready to see the younger guys. That’s one of the most exciting parts of following a college football team. I wanna see who’s going to emerge at LB! I think our back ups at LB are very talented and have a higher ceiling then Spector and Skalski. They just need reps and playing time.
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These guys saying Skalski and Turner shouldn't
Jan 3, 2021, 10:42 AM
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Come back must be Coots.They are our most consistant players on our defense and both will make good pros.
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I doubt either returns. I think Turner has a shot at
Jan 3, 2021, 12:11 PM
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being drafted. Skalski is not likely to be drafted, but he could be signed as a free agent. I think his lack of speed will hurt him.
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What's the alternative?
Jan 3, 2021, 9:19 AM
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Travel Europe? Sell Insurance? Coach JV somewhere?
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JoinTnet?***
Jan 3, 2021, 9:34 AM
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Re: Get a job and move on with life.***
Jan 3, 2021, 10:35 AM
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Exactly, if the 4 or 5 star LB's we have coming in are no better than the starters then it does not bode well for moving to the level of a top tier SEC or OSU team. The current group is not going to get any taller or faster and its been a sore spot all year. Can't think of a smaller group of LB's at any of the top tier schools and none of these will play at the next level. I welcome the idea of everyone coming back to further their degrees, but blocking PT for younger and more talented players won't help the end result. There are many other roles within the team that they can play as has been done for many years as an alternative.
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an extra year of big time college football would be
Jan 3, 2021, 8:58 PM
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much more rewarding than an extra year at some post college job
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Re: Are Skalski and Turner back for one more season ?
Jan 3, 2021, 10:32 AM
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Wouldn’t mind skalski but Turner got torched twice for TDs when he came back in. I thought his presence would help second half but it didn’t. I’m ready for some new blood personally. I don’t know why we didn’t see some Bentley in the game. I love how hard he plays!
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Re: Are Skalski and Turner back for one more season ?
Jan 3, 2021, 12:26 PM
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I know I'll be called a Coot because anyone who doesn't mindlessly praise everything about our football team is accued of being one. I think our lack of athleticism on defense was exposed against Ohio State. I like Turner and Skalski, but the reality is they're not elite athletes. We need to get faster and more athletic in the back 7, so it is my preference that we go to our more athletic younger guys that we've recruited.
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Re: Are Skalski and Turner back for one more season ?
Jan 3, 2021, 12:29 PM
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Turner will stick around and become a GA for Swinney at some point, and eventually a coach on this staff, that is a given. I see no reason why Skalski would not come back.
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Re: Are Skalski and Turner back for one more season ?
Jan 3, 2021, 3:59 PM
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I wouldn't mind Skalski coming back but we better have a quality backup ready to go, which we never managed to achieve this season, because the odds of him ever finishing a playoff game again are between slim and none.
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Re: Are Skalski and Turner back for one more season ?
Jan 3, 2021, 4:07 PM
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Define "quality backup" for Skalski at the risk of being called a "coot".
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Re: Are Skalski and Turner back for one more season ?
Jan 3, 2021, 4:09 PM
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I’d love to see both back but if Levonta Bentley isn’t playing more than Jake Venables next year, words won’t describe my anger
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My take is Skalski and Turner can help more as GA's
Jan 3, 2021, 8:49 PM
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after giving NFL a shot. Do they have NFL speed? I doubt it but hope I'm wrong.
But Trotter and faster, younger LB's did not come to Clemson to watch Skalski earn his doctorate.
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Re: Are Skalski and Turner back for one more season ?
Jan 3, 2021, 8:55 PM
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Our defense has too many unathletic white boys...this coming from someone who is white. Would like for Skalski to come back but I have concerns on his health and ability to play a full season...Turner can move on...He’s not needed.
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Re: Are Skalski and Turner back for one more season ?
Jan 3, 2021, 9:22 PM
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Skalski isan extension of Venables on the field. He is rarely out of position and while he has likely peaked, I still would love to have him back. As to losing Turner.. who in the back 7 has been better? DK? Goodrich? Please dont say Zanders. Turner .she All American and people act like he was a scrub. And some of those times he appeared to he beaten, no telling what his role was on the play and if someone else dropped the ball. Plenty of that was seen in the first half and clearly cant be blamed on Nolan Turner. I for one would love for them both to come back but we will see.
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