Re: Dabo really needs to get Chad Morris back here ... ASAP ... reasons

OhWiseOne® · 2025-10-21T14:51:07.539Z

None of this High School stuff about arrogance and didn't get along and all that ... Clemson O line was also terrible prior to his arrival in 2011. It was still terrible when he arrived, it takes a couple of years to turn a O line around Chad immediatly implemented a "spread offense" focusing on quick passes and "jet sweeps". This compensates for a weak O line. The QB gets the ball out of his hand quick. Also, real important, it was a "hurry up offense". The idea again is to gas the the Defense and keep them off balance. We need to do this again until Daba can use the portal to rebuild the line. Yes, we had some real good "skill" players back then but they were few, and our current crew is "good enough". Also, you cannot rely on just a few guys to carry a team, this is not Basketball. Do these things and be glad.

opposing defenses. Recruits liked it b/c it was fresh take on offense with alot of energy and opportunities. But as with most gimmicky offenses they have a shelf life. If you remember, at the end, it got really stale and teams were figuring out how to defend it. Do you not remember sometimes going three and out with less than 10 seconds coming off the clock? We lost a handful of games just for the sake of trying to run 90+ plays and forsaking good time management to close games out.

I think we did well at pounding bad teams with it but good teams seemed to eat us up and it wore out our defense when it wasn't working (primarily against good teams.) The next crop of OC's with (elliot and scott) was I think more of dabo's approach to utilizing up tempo with common sense. Now it seems we've totally abandoned the uptempo elements altogether. Except for certain moments..and we seem to move the ball when we do it. I think we need to revert back to that mix.I'm not a fan of the stop and stall to get the call type offense. I think it kills momentum and seems to kill our QB's rhythm. Not sure if they can just change that in house over the offseason or if it means they need all new blood.

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Oct 21, 2025, 12:08 PM

at this point we need to get Barry Switzer in here and run the wishbone if we're going back in time for schemes that are no longer modern.

I think the bones of the offense we're running now IS the Morris offense he came in here and developed 14 years ago. Not as much hurry up and dumbed down a bit.

Batson was also a great S&C coach early on and well into the 2010s but things have evolved and with his health issues it's hard for him to be as intense and in control as he once was. I'd like to see a new staff in there, I think an elite S&C coach like the one Iowa has Raymond Braithwaite will help with the trenches FAR more than a scheme thats fallen out of use over the last 15 years.

Also those "few" skill guys were incredible. Watkins/Bryant/Hopkins/Humphries would all be WR 1 in this offense and many others in the country (Humphries a starting slot) Ellington would be a starting back and although he had some bad games against the coots Tajh would easily be QB1 over what we've had the last 5 years.

Wesco has shown flashes but he's no Sammy/Hopkins Antonio Williams gives it his all but he's injured a ton and not as explosive as Sammy/Hopkins and can't high point like Bryant could.

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Dabo really needs to get Chad Morris back here ... ASAP ... reasons