New Story: Brian Dawkins, Jr., ready to forge his own path at Clemson
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New Story: Brian Dawkins, Jr., ready to forge his own path at Clemson
Apr 15, 2015, 2:17 PM
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Re: New Story: Brian Dawkins, Jr., ready to forge his own path at Clemson
Apr 15, 2015, 2:54 PM
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Welcome to the family, you'll never regret this decision! Can't wait to see you run down the hill! Go Tigers!!
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As a walk-on I hope?
Apr 15, 2015, 2:57 PM
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Please don't tell me we are putting him on scholarship...
I love Dabo but he is effectively putting our team on a 5 scholarship ban with the amount of legacies he is handing scholarships to that wouldn't even be offered otherwise.
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ok
Apr 15, 2015, 2:59 PM
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i won't.
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Wasn't Daddy Dawkins a 2 star throwaway offer
Apr 15, 2015, 3:00 PM
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just to get someone else ? See how that worked out ?
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Re: Wasn't Daddy Dawkins a 2 star throwaway offer
Apr 15, 2015, 3:33 PM
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Brian Dawkins Sr was also 6' tall. His son is literally shorter than every CB in the NFL pretty much ever... There's a reason he doesn't have a single other D1 offer.
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Re: Wasn't Daddy Dawkins a 2 star throwaway offer
Apr 15, 2015, 3:54 PM
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"His son is literally shorter than every CB in the NFL pretty much ever"
yea that is completely false.
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Re: Wasn't Daddy Dawkins a 2 star throwaway offer
Apr 15, 2015, 4:01 PM
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Find me a single CB in the league recently thats been 5'7" and prove me wrong then, and don't try to say he's 5'9" like some of the sites claim. There's a reason Rivals had Vic at 6'5" coming out, they overestimate everyone's height for hype.
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Re: Wasn't Daddy Dawkins a 2 star throwaway offer
Apr 15, 2015, 4:03 PM
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Bring me proof that he is 5'7 stop back tracking and talking out of your ###.
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Re: Wasn't Daddy Dawkins a 2 star throwaway offer
Apr 16, 2015, 9:27 AM
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Looks like he had other d1 offers according to your link.
Are you telling us you know more about recruiting than DABO??
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Wrong. According to Rivals & ESPN he has ZERO other offers.
Apr 16, 2015, 10:28 AM
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Except for Clemson, there are no check marks (meaning offers) from any of the schools listed.
He doesn't even have any division 2 or division 3 offers.
I guess Dabo knows better than every coach in the country.
I have no problem with the kid walking on. But he obviously doesn't deserve a D1 scholarship and his dad can certainly afford to pay his tuition, and not handicap his alma mater by 1 scholarship.
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Re: Wrong. According to Rivals & ESPN he has ZERO other offers.
Apr 16, 2015, 10:43 AM
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Good ole negative Razz. Nothing in the article says he has a scholarship offer, just that he wants to come to Clemson. Guess you will never get over being butthurt about Clemson not asking you who to hire for football coach.
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Rivals shows CU offered him a scholarship. Grow up.
Apr 16, 2015, 11:14 AM
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Why can't you respond like a civil, Christian adult to the topic at hand? Why do you resort to juvenile ad hominem attacks? How old are you? Did you actually graduate Clemson? I know thousands of adults but don't know any adult who behaves that way.
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Yeah, thank goodness we didn't give one of those
Apr 15, 2015, 4:15 PM
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legacy scholarships to Larry Nance Jr. We would have been a lock for the tourney and would have saved B.B.'s job
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Larry Nance the Race Car Driver?***
Apr 15, 2015, 4:37 PM
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Yeah! BS legacy schollies like Mitch Hyatt!!
Apr 15, 2015, 3:07 PM
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Or does he not count because of what a website says?
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You can't see the difference there?***
Apr 15, 2015, 3:29 PM
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What's the difference other than "star rating" on
Apr 15, 2015, 4:05 PM
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a website?
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Re: What's the difference other than "star rating" on
Apr 15, 2015, 4:18 PM
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Ideal size for his position, offers from comparable programs, invitations to elite level combine events and all star games.
I still don't necessarily have an issue with this if it was a stand-alone occurrence, but we're bringing in 2 undersized legacy cornerbacks in the same year and that could seriously hurt our depth at the position.
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Re: Yeah! BS legacy schollies like Mitch Hyatt!!
Apr 15, 2015, 3:39 PM
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Yeah because I'm OBVIOUSLY talking about Hyatt and not DJ Greenlee, Amir Trapp, the Davis twins, and Zach Riggs... Honoring legacies to create the family atmosphere is one thing, but Dabo is effectively limiting the number of scholarships we have available to offer to quality players who have a realistic shot of helping the team.
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Re: Yeah! BS legacy schollies like Mitch Hyatt!!
Apr 15, 2015, 3:58 PM
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WHERE DID WE FIND THIS COOT.
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Can't respond like an adult? Use juvenile name-calling.
Apr 16, 2015, 10:34 AM
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How old are you?
Did you actually graduate from my beloved alma mater, Clemson? It's hard for me to believe that a Clemson graduate could respond with such irrelevant, juvenile name-calling.
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I'm saying you're making the judgment call of who
Apr 15, 2015, 4:04 PM
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is a "quality" player based solely on the recruiting services' star rankings since I know for a fact you've evaluated NONE of those players yourself.
Any of those guys, including Hyatt, could all turn out to be non-contributors, All-Americans, or somewhere in between. Considering how we've been able to develop some "no-name" recruits like Grady Jarrett and knowing that politics, geography, and (self?) promotion play a huge role in recruiting ratings, I'm willing to give our coaches the benefit of the doubt.
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Re: I'm saying you're making the judgment call of who
Apr 15, 2015, 4:07 PM
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You're right in that I don't do any evaluation of these players, but every single school in the country evaluates these kids and the fact is that not a single one of them offered these kids a scholarship. And yet Clemson, a team finishing in the top 10 and trying to compete for a national title, does.
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Re: I'm saying you're making the judgment call of who
Apr 15, 2015, 4:10 PM
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Good lord #### already. Of all things to ##### about you are really bitching about recruiting practices with this staff. GMAFB
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Daddy will be an NFL Hall of Famer....
Apr 15, 2015, 3:09 PM
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And Clemson's 1st in Akron. He is also a pro tv analyst. Worry about other things.
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Michael Jordan's kids didn't get scholarships to UNC***
Apr 15, 2015, 3:30 PM
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Jordan's kid didn't go to UNC because he wanted an education***
Apr 15, 2015, 3:32 PM
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Re: Jordan's kid didn't go to UNC because he wanted an education***
Apr 15, 2015, 3:39 PM
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No, it was because Jordan's kids didnt have the basketball ability to hold their fathers jockstrap let alone compete at the highest levels of college basketball.
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Re: Jordan's kid didn't go to UNC because he wanted an education***
Apr 15, 2015, 6:24 PM
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Why would Jordans kids tote their fathers' jock strap?
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Re: Jordan's kid didn't go to UNC because he wanted an education***
Apr 16, 2015, 9:00 AM
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That's why you have kids aint it?
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Re: As a walk-on I hope?
Apr 15, 2015, 3:27 PM
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If the coaches see something in him, I personally trust them. Star ratings are fun to debate in the offseason, but inconsequential once the pads go on. I've seen four star recruits cry and go home after three days of training camp, and I've also seen kids who never got any attention earn a scholarship as a walk-on and become a starter for us. I wish this kid well and would love to see him as a Tiger, just like his dad.
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Re: As a walk-on I hope?
Apr 15, 2015, 3:45 PM
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The question is, how much do the coaches actually see in these kids past their last name? You know #### well they have other players that they know could impact the team more than these guys. Look at Quinshad Davis for UNC... the dude was a stud coming out of Gaffney and we didn't have the room to offer him a scholarship after our class filled up. This happens to quality players all the time. If Clemson wants to compete at the highest level they need all the scholarships allowed to them.
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Really?
Apr 15, 2015, 5:54 PM
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Maybe your sentiments can help the baseball team. I certainly believe Dabo knows what he is doing so leave it to him. Thanks.
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Re: As a walk-on I hope?
Apr 16, 2015, 9:31 AM
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Look at the receivers we have now!!! Davis would have rode the bench here.
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Re: As a walk-on I hope?
Apr 16, 2015, 9:33 AM
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yea our WR core has been void of talent due to our terrible recruiting.
GOod lord.
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I'm sick of our coaching staff screwing up our recruiting***
Apr 15, 2015, 3:45 PM
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Re: I'm sick of our coaching staff screwing up our recruiting***
Apr 15, 2015, 3:50 PM
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agreed our recruiting has been terrible under this coaching staff. I could see why this guy would want to question them.
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I probably could....
Apr 15, 2015, 4:02 PM
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but the other guy started it
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i know like me you're here to help...
Apr 15, 2015, 4:06 PM
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wonder when they'll figure it out and let us?
waiting...
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Dabo could scholly a raccoon and we should be fine with it.
Apr 15, 2015, 4:44 PM
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We've, BY FAR, never had it so good at this sustained level. Nonetheless, Dawkins will have his dad's intangibles.
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Depends on the raccoon's 40 time & vertical.***
Apr 15, 2015, 10:11 PM
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I love that you guys still
Apr 15, 2015, 7:50 PM
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Question Dabo's decision-making process like you know better than he does.
At some point can't we just let him do his thing, and we enjoy 10+ win seasons?
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Dabo is a successful D1 coach.
Apr 15, 2015, 10:05 PM
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Who the helll are you?
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I am starting feel old...
Apr 15, 2015, 3:27 PM
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It's crazy seeing Dawkin's son being a Tiger. I was at Clemson with Dawkins.
So this is what it feels like to get old.
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Re: Dawkins Jr
Apr 15, 2015, 5:34 PM
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I am just going to trust Dabo and Teed on this one.
He just looks small but maybe he is fast and quick. Hard to cover a 6'4" WR if you are only 5'8' or so.
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Hard, but not impossible
Apr 15, 2015, 7:55 PM
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Perrenial pro-bowler Antoine Winfield is 5'9, and one of the best corners in the NFL. Bob Sanders (5'8) was one of the baddest NFL DBs on the field when he was in his prime. Captain Munnerlyn was an elite college player at TSDS at 5'8.
If this was the NFL, I would probably tend to agree with you. However at the college level you can be a real impact player at CB even if you're under 5'10.
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Re: I am starting feel old...
Apr 15, 2015, 5:39 PM
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I got my BS and PhD at Clemson and I think Brian took my Principles of Management course when I taught as a graduate student. I know Dale Davis took my Small Business course. THAT was a long time ago .... (Sigh)
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I have a positive feeling..
Apr 15, 2015, 3:41 PM
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He is a late bloomer. He goes to prep for a year, and then redshirts a year, and then turns into a stud later. He had 6 ints and 3 caused fumbles last year correct? Anyway, I think this will turn out well.
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If he can somehow gain another 3 or 4 inches, there's a
Apr 15, 2015, 4:42 PM
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chance. 5 foot 7 corners don't typically have much success though.
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Re: If he can somehow gain another 3 or 4 inches, there's a
Apr 15, 2015, 7:56 PM
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IDK man, there are some darn good 5'8 and 5'9 corners littered throughout college football and even the NFL.
It's obviously not preferable, but it doesn't mean he won't be able to produce at the D1 level simply for that reason.
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Re: If he can somehow gain another 3 or 4 inches, there's a
Apr 15, 2015, 8:01 PM
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Not the size of the critter in the fight. Its the size of the fight in the critter
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Re: If he can somehow gain another 3 or 4 inches, there's a
Apr 15, 2015, 10:12 PM
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There are several very good 5'7-5'9 corners at the college level. Will Likely from MD comes to mind. That being said, pretty much all are at least high 3* players with a great offer list. None of our legacy guys have been like that. It was mentioned earlier that other programs like Bama take legacies as well. Well, they offer guys like JC Chalk as legacies - NOT the Trapps and Davises of the world. That being said, out of all the legacies, Dawkins Jr. has the highest upside...so there's that?
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Another Trapp Jr, or Davis twins, scholarship guys who will
Apr 15, 2015, 3:56 PM
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never see the field. Zach Riggs, Davis twins, Trapp Jr, Greenlee, etc.
How many self imposed scholarship losses are we going to do? We're now at 6 per year. The NCAA doesnt even punish teams that strongly.
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Re: Another Trapp Jr, or Davis twins, scholarship guys who will
Apr 15, 2015, 4:00 PM
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You are a #### fan.
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Re: Another Trapp Jr, or Davis twins, scholarship guys who will
Apr 15, 2015, 4:08 PM
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Wow, another nutcase that thinks he knows more about recruiting than our staff. Back to chicken land, son.
FYI, all those legacies you mentioned will contribute to our team, period. Expect to see the Davis twins on kickoffs, some blowout game reps. I fully can see Trapp Jr. returning kicks, both kickoffs and punts. Riggs will also find a way to play. Dawkins Jr, NO questioning the blood lines, and while he is going to prep for one year, there is no scholarship offer at this time, just a desire for him to go to Clemson. Frankly Scarlet, coots have no clue about recruiting and legacies.
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It's not a clue they don't have -
Apr 15, 2015, 4:11 PM
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It's legacies wanting their sons to attend that chithile that they lack.
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Re: Another Trapp Jr, or Davis twins, scholarship guys who will
Apr 15, 2015, 4:29 PM
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Thank GOD we gave out scholarships to players who will hopefully one day be good enough to play on special teams and during blowouts instead of using them on players who have a change at being stars.
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Re: Another Trapp Jr, or Davis twins, scholarship guys who will
Apr 15, 2015, 7:44 PM
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LOL, gbatt, good lord, you sound as dumb as a coot.
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Re: Another Trapp Jr, or Davis twins, scholarship guys who will
Apr 15, 2015, 7:58 PM
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Thank GOD Dabo gets the final say in these decisions, and the sane ones will smile, sit back, and enjoy the 10+ win seasons without questioning his every decision like you know better (news flash: you don't)
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Even assuming that is true (which is a stupid assumption)
Apr 15, 2015, 4:09 PM
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you can't have your cake and eat it to: a lot of our recent recruiting success has been said to be attributable to the family atmosphere and alumni presence in the program. Seems like these might be related...
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Re: Even assuming that is true (which is a stupid assumption)
Apr 15, 2015, 4:34 PM
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BEST IS THE STANDARD
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Wouldn't a preferred walk-on offer create family atmosphere?
Apr 16, 2015, 11:39 AM
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How does offering a scholarship to a legacy kid (5'7" DB) with no other offers create more of a family atmosphere than just offering him a preferred walk-on spot and then giving him a scholarship if he EARNS it?
Seems like it would create hard feelings if more talented walk-ons are paying full tuition while a multimillionaire's legacy is getting a free ride from day 1 (if that happens.)
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Re: Wouldn't a preferred walk-on offer create family atmosphere?
Apr 16, 2015, 11:57 AM
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Because scholarship athletes get preferential entrance to the university.
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You mean Dawkins can't admission otherwise?
Apr 16, 2015, 1:45 PM
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Any evidence that's the case?
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Re: You mean Dawkins can't admission otherwise?
Apr 16, 2015, 1:57 PM
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He's attending a prep school.
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I know. Just like other gray-shirt offers, like Davis kids.
Apr 16, 2015, 4:32 PM
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That doesn't mean that any of them can't gain admission to Clemson after high school, nor does it mean they can gain admission to Clemson after prep school.
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I agree the family atmosphere is great, but are you trying
Apr 16, 2015, 2:30 PM
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to tell me that if Jeff Davis had to pay for his sons tuition and they walked on there wouldnt still be family atmosphere? If James Trapp had to pay for his son's tuition, family atmosphere tanks? Or if a NFL star worth $18,000,000 had to pay for his son's tuition, that there'd be no family atmosphere?
Come on.
I'm glad that these legacies want to come to Clemson, but we dont have to give them a full free ride, especially when their parents can EASILY afford the tuition.
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It's an unpopular opinion on here but
Apr 15, 2015, 4:20 PM
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I think you're right. That's 5 primarily special teams players you just named who I don't expect to ever be starters. I hope I'm wrong but we were many of those players only D1 offers and only offer period in some cases... Maybe Dabo sees something in them and thinks that they can be starters 4-5 years from now, at least I hope. But when we talk about lack of quality depth at certain positions, this should take part of the blame.
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Thank you! It seems hard to offer constructive criticism
Apr 16, 2015, 2:31 PM
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with out being called childish names.
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Re: Another Trapp Jr, or Davis twins, scholarship guys who will
Apr 15, 2015, 4:30 PM
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Amen. I'm going down with you and the people who claim you're a South Carolina fan for suggesting it honestly make me ashamed to have a degree from and root for this fine school.
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Re: Another Trapp Jr, or Davis twins, scholarship guys who will
Apr 15, 2015, 4:35 PM
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shocking the one agreeing with you is a known gamecock troll.
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If you are going to cry over this gbatt then get the "F" off
Apr 15, 2015, 4:42 PM
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...the wagon then. Seeing how you do such great research why don't you look at other programs and see the legacies they bring in. You cry about other schools don't do this but yet you don't know what the #### other schools do. How about you take a look. This university foremost is a school of higher learning and after that its teaching young people how to be great productive people in this society. If this kid getting brought in only because of him being a legacy bothers you that much you might need to re-evaluate your life. A Clemson grad don't act like that and they d@mn sure don't use it without provoke to make a STUPID point as to make someone think that you are better or know more about the program than a non-grad of this university. Your the reason people beat the heck out of themselves....
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Re: If you are going to cry over this gbatt then get the "F" off
Apr 15, 2015, 4:49 PM
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A Clemson grad doesn't* You're* the reason
Also, schools trying to compete for national championships DON'T do this. That's the freakin point.
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Re: If you are going to cry over this gbatt then get the "F" off
Apr 15, 2015, 5:33 PM
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GBATT, Your opinion doesn't mean jack#### because you don't contribute a dime to this site. Am I not right ?
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Does that mean my opinon is worth jack #### too?***
Apr 15, 2015, 8:00 PM
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Re: If you are going to cry over this gbatt then get the "F" off
Apr 16, 2015, 10:38 AM
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If you are so smart, why aren't you a recuiting coordinator at a major school? Or do you just get bent out of shape over everyone who's dad played for Clemson and so do they? Was there any mention of a scholarship in the article or is this anotherone of your assumptions?
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I'll take that bet! Falcinelli has already passed him on the
Apr 16, 2015, 2:34 PM
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depth chart. Riggs will not see a meaningful snap in his entire career. Playing in the last 30 seconds of a 63-7 blowout doesnt count. At that point they'd let fans come down and snap the ball.
But, I dont care about Riggs, he's not consuming a scholarship. So, I have no more beef with him. I was mistaken and thought he was on scholly.
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Re: New Story: Brian Dawkins, Jr., ready to forge his own path at Clemson
Apr 15, 2015, 5:41 PM
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There are *gasp* more important things than football. We should feel proud and honored to welcome BRIAN DAWKINS JR to Clemson. The fact that he mentions football as kind of secondary to the teachings he will receive as a young man should tell you all you need to know about this kid. We can always, always use kids that want to succeed as a person more than they want to succeed as a football player. Work hard, Mr Dawkins. I look forward to seeing you in orange and white.
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Why not welcome him as a walk-on? Daddy can afford tuition.
Apr 16, 2015, 11:04 AM
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Why give him a precious scholarship instead of giving him a walk-on opportunity? No other school gave him an offer. if he wasn't a legacy, the Clemson coaches probably wouldn't even make him a preferred walk-on. If he walks on and EARNS a scholarship, that's fine. Why not go that route?
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Re: Why not welcome him as a walk-on? Daddy can afford tuition.
Apr 16, 2015, 1:12 PM
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You see you have no clue. Riggs told other school don't bother or waste your time I'm going to Clemson.
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Legacies Will End And Legacies Will Carry On ----
Apr 15, 2015, 7:34 PM
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Sometimes forever
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Dawkins is worth a reported $18 million, yet we have to give
Apr 16, 2015, 8:52 AM
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his son a scholarship out of charity?? WHY? He got ZERO D1 offers. He sucks as a player. If he wanted to come to Clemson so badly, why couldnt daddy just pay the tuition. It's not like he's poor or anything.
I have no problem with taking a few legacies every now and then who couldnt get a scholarship without being a legacy. But we are getting ridiculously full of these guys that will NEVER play a down. Davis twins, Zach Riggs, DJ Greenlee, Trapp Jr, Dawkins JR. These are WASTED scholarships. Might as well just give one to me, I have about as much chance as contributing to the team as these guys do.
It's self imposed NCAA sanctions...Hurts our depth.
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Re: Dawkins is worth a reported $18 million, yet we have to give
Apr 16, 2015, 8:58 AM
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and you suck as a person coot
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Re: Dawkins is worth a reported $18 million, yet we have to give
Apr 16, 2015, 10:42 AM
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Saw nothing in article that he had been offered a scholarship, just he wants to come to Clemson where his father played because it is such a great place. Do you know we have promised him a scholarship? No you don't.
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Rivals shows CU offered him a scholarship. Any evidence not?***
Apr 16, 2015, 11:08 AM
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Re: Rivals shows CU offered him a scholarship. Any evidence not?***
Apr 16, 2015, 11:11 AM
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Rivals is often wrong when it comes to stuff like this. They also had the Davis twins as full offers right off the bat and that was not the case.
Don't let hat get in the way of your pathetic negativity though.
Nice to see you have replaced that other guy in the thread as the whiny ###.
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Rivals doesn't say "right off the bat", got Davis kids right
Apr 16, 2015, 11:24 AM
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Rivals doesn't say whether or not the offers are "right off the bat". Rivals just lists them as having an "offer". It's possible that Rivals is wrong about Dawkins, but Rivals was right about the Davis kids since Clemson offered them gray shirt scholarships. Since Dawkins will be going to prep school first (like the Davis kids) Rivals' reporting seems consistent here.
Why can't you just reply with a civil, Christian, adult response? Why do you have to resort to juvenile ad hominem attacks? How old are you? Did you graduate Clemson? I know thousands of adults but I don't know anybody who behaves in such a juvenile manner.
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Re: Rivals doesn't say "right off the bat", got Davis kids right
Apr 16, 2015, 11:52 AM
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I call spades spades. As far as your Christian comment goes I dont think it is very "Christian" of you to get on here trashing a kid whom you have never met about a situation for which you know NONE of the details. It is pathetic plain and simple.
The fact that any Clemson "fan" ####### about our coaches decisions when it comes to recruiting is a joke. That is by far our strong suit and have you ever thought maybe one of the biggest draws fro these kids to Clemson is the family atmosphere? Maybe just maybe showing that through loyalty to legacy kids is a part of that draw? Ever thought about that? I am guessing not because based on your post history you are too busy always looking for something to ##### and moan about and a negative thing to post.
Yes I did graduate from Clemson.
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Yes. That's my understanding. Just like the Davis kids.***
Apr 16, 2015, 2:31 PM
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Re: New Story: Brian Dawkins, Jr., ready to forge his own path at Clemson
Apr 16, 2015, 11:58 AM
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Maybe Clemson does not want to run their program like the other schools many on here criticize.
Perhaps legacy scholarships are more in line with the culture here, and winning the right way is more important than just winning.
"Lighten up Francis"
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