Kudos to him for just standing there and taking it.
Did he deserve to be yelled at? Well--he saw an opening and tried to take it. Had he made it Swinney would have sang the kid's praises--but he didn't:
Raise your hand if you made a better decision than the #Clemson punter today -> -> pic.twitter.com/CUiW3WzK4G
— Chelpete's (@Chelpete) December 6, 2015
When a player screws up like this he needs to be reprimanded, but yelled at like that? Eh--some would say yes, some would say no. What the kid didn't deserve was to be thrown under the bus by his head coach:
Dabo: "My punter - I don't have an explanation - just decided to do something on his own & put us in a bad spot and it cost us a touchdown."
— Howie Lindsey (@howielindsey) December 6, 2015
if the coach didn't say do it, don't do it. if he does say do it. do it. its that simple. he hasn't been "thrown under the bus as he will be punting in the oklahoma game, but he had better not do that again. and where was the "opening" you are speaking of?
ReplyDeleteMaybe the kid thought he had relationship with his coach like Pat McAffee does with Chuck Pagano and he had the green light to do something if he saw an opening. If you watch closely, when the ball is snapped it looks like there is a lot of open territory right where he runs--but the defense closed the gap too quick for him. Thrown under the bus doesn't mean get demoted. With his comments, Dabo completely threw the kid under the bus.
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