Re: I thought DJ had some good plays yesterday but reminded

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silvavocati · 2024-08-25T10:24:01.888Z

The excuse train before the FSU game was rolling already, you could hear it between the lines. I heard the FSU main inside guy (I suppose the counterpart of our David Hood) talking about how DJU was new to the system and had a big playbook to learn and how syncing with his receivers was a work in progress but had come a long ways since spring. Well, what do you expect, it's the transfer thing, which is of course magnified with the quarterback more than anything else. But this is what we're going to hear about now, after the fact, from his apologists, which I'm sure are many. But some things don't change: rubbery arm, not consistently accurate slow afoot, not elusive not a great processor

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I thought DJ had some good plays yesterday but reminded

Aug 25, 2024, 8:12 AM

me of his efforts at Clemson.

Overall I have believed him to be a serviceable QB and probably would have been better at a lower level. I remain convinced that his recruitment by our staff was misguided, for I think they largely bit into all the west coast hype about his talents.

What I do know is he played for a low tier level private high school of about 800 students in the most populous state in the U.S., a state with schools with enrollments in the thousands. He was successful at his level statewide, but that didn't necessarily mean that talent would transfer over to P5 play in college. Extreme caution should have prevailed before we asked that young man to travel across the country to Clemson. After he did so I think our staff was reluctant to make a change as quickly as they should, primarily due to his agreement to make that kind of move.

Then, I believe his arrival with NIL packages plus the loss to UGA created a malaise within the team, largely among our offense that hurt our program. Included was the fact we had a nice-looking, well-groomed, well-dressed kid arriving from the west coast and being mixed in with a bunch of good, ole Southern boys used to eating fried eggs, grits and gravy and saying, "Y'all" and "Yesamm" and you had a bad recipe. Fortunately, DJ retained his composure and good manners with his teammates, but I believe the malaise was set, and we saw the results.

I have nothing against DJ and wish him well. I believe he tried utilizing his talents, as best he could. I, also, believe we suffered deficiencies in his supporting offensive crew, and all the aforegoing precluded his eventual departure. I'm now not so certain that his transfer to FSU was wise, but that's his business, and I wish him well other than when we meet the Seminoles.

Some blame Dabo for the DJ brouhaha, bugaboo, whatever you want to call it, and as HC, he is ultimately responsible. I think our problem was of mixed origin with many among our staff involved. But I don't hold a ludicrous belief in an invinceability among our program leaders, meaning they are human and will make mistakes from time-to-time. Obviously, I'm not about to throw any under a bus because I remain extremely proud of our program's accomplishments under Dabo Swinney.

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Disagree with transfer Qb claim. Too many Qb transferred and were all world. Russel Wilson, Joe Burrow, Quinn Ewers, Michael Penix, Jr. Caleb Williams and the list goes on and on. Tech out used the transfer portal compared to FSU. Tech 32 FSU 29 in last two years. Key addressed the glaring issues on o line and defense through the portal. Haynes King > DJ as a transfer portal Qb. Look at Tech since Key arrived; they e steadily increased wins and played better football every season. How? By hiring the best position coaches and using the portal to build depth and plug holes in the roster.

According to the NCAA transfer record, every team since 2021 has had a minimum 10% of roster and as high as 15% that transferred in during a national championship run. Saying the portal doesn’t help win championships is just plain false.

Having said all this, I firmly believe Dabo has earned the right to do things his way. I hate he refuses to plug glaring holes in the roster. How different would last year have been if we took Haynes King and Keon Coleman?! Devontez Walker, Elijah Spencer, or Dorian Singer? You ask what scholarships do you cut? The ones that left via portal and cut the nepotism scholarships out. Coaches sons. Buddies sons. Kids that would never see the field of heir name wasn’t Swinney. We don’t need 16 a year like Tech. Just a handful of legit game changing talent available.

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I thought DJ had some good plays yesterday but reminded