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I've always been curious...
Jan 5, 2017, 8:23 AM
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Why we hold so strongly to the belief of "Once a Tiger, Always a Tiger" for the players only to treat certain coaches like trash, usually based upon a Win/Loss record?
Isn't this ridiculous and exactly contrary to Swinney's comments regarding how he won't let a Win/Loss record define him?
Go Tigers, past, present and future!!
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Coaches are doing it for money.
Jan 5, 2017, 8:27 AM
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Re: Coaches are doing it for money.
Jan 5, 2017, 8:41 AM
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Yes and no. Look how many past Clemson players are on this staff. Its incredible money for a really fun but stressful job. But these guys love Clemson. Dabo and his family have grown to love Clemson just as much.
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CTB and his family love it as well.......***
Jan 5, 2017, 8:55 AM
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Right. So that doesn't sound like Ken Hatfield at all.
Jan 5, 2017, 9:01 AM
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Which coaches were you (OP) referring to that aren't treated like always a Tiger? Tommy Bowden says some petty jabs at Clemson, especially the first few years after getting the boot. I'd say the ex-coaches bring it on themselves.
Likewise for players. I don't think anyone considers Swag AK-47 Kelly a Tiger.
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Charley Pell was never a Tiger.
Jan 5, 2017, 8:43 AM
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He was Charley Peller.
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Charley Pell was never a Tiger.
Jan 5, 2017, 8:44 AM
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He was a Charley Peller.
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Re: I've always been curious...
Jan 5, 2017, 8:49 AM
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I'm not old enough to remember Pell or anyone before him. But everyone after him I have a certain amount of fondness for or, at least, some good memories EXCEPT...I don't know if you were there for the Ford -> Hatfield switch-over but I still root against Rice (Hatfield's next school that he's been gone from for YEARS) I disliked that guy so much. I felt like what he brought in was kind of the antithesis of Clemson football and I disavow his affiliation with my school and program.
With all bias thrown aside I can say "I don't know anything about Ken Hatfield that says he's a bad person" but I sure as hell didn't like the way he coached our football team. The other guys, well, they weren't so bad.
Seriously, though, Ken Hatfield? I can't stand that guy to this day.
Also, 'once a Tiger, always a Tiger' is a choice a Coach makes. Pell, for instance, left to become a Gator. Student athletes rarely leave Clemson to go be at another school.
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The flaw in your question is the word "we"
Jan 5, 2017, 8:52 AM
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Bizchas gonna bizch
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