Clawson Presser--Looking Back

So, Coach Clawson has his presser to end the season.  You can head over to bgsufalcons.com to watch the video if you want.....

Some items of note....

Lots of stuff about the relationship between a coach and his former players, which I commend to you.

He noted that he will remember this team for the resilience.  I note that he noted it because I think this is one thing that Coach Clawson and his staff brought to the program.  Resilience was definitely not something we had shown in the previous years.

Caleb Walker, of Middletown, is a QB and is in school right now.  No JUCO players have enrolled.

We can expect a big recruiting class in February.  We were down scholarships due to APR, so we can expect a big class.  Right now, I have us with 20 verbals, so it would not surprise me to see us get 5 more or so between now and signing day.

We will be talented but young next year.  From a recruiting standpoint, this means we can offer a shorter line to playing time for good players.

He noted that "no one" ever goes back and looks to see how a recruiting class fared later.  uh, ahem, ahem, cough, cough.

Anyway, his point was 100% right on...you need to recruit good players, but a good players who stay, go to class and develop are more valuable than better players who doesn't.

He was asked if he would do some things differently, and he said he would, only some of which he would admit.  Interestingly, he says that Pettigrew and Moore were not red-shirted because of injury worries at RB and S.  In the actual event, these injuries did not  materialize, and in 3 years we will wish we could have the year back.

I don't know about S, but at RB both Geter and Bullock had experienced injury issues, so it was reasonable to think that it could have happened.

OK, finally.  Freddie Barnes has checked into some kind of speed camp to help get his time down for the NFL Scouts.