Posted by Willy Mac

Korn is leaving Clemson. Stay tuned for more info. Presser later today.

Posted by Willy Mac

There has been a website that many Clemson fans who browse the internet have been nudged towards as of late. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if a Gamecock has taken the extra steps to get uber-creative and pose as a Clemson fan, but I’m pretty sure these folks are Clemson fans with the best intentions at heart. I’m speaking of the Avenue of Champions. No need to link it as they’ve done that enough for themselves and if you want to find them then just google it or go to our forums.

Regardless, we’ve been famous for attacking fans of Clemson here at Block-C and I don’t want to, but I feel that I’m going to have to do it. Their site has been ultra critical of our coaches, staff, etc. Not saying that Block-C doesn’t, I’m just saying that maybe you guys have a sour taste in your mouth and went about it the wrong way. For instance, if we have a rumor or something like this we put out there, generally it came from guys that I knew through college that were friends of mine on the team. It was straight from the horses mouth. So I would state things like “my sources on the team are saying…” Believe it or not, there is a blog etiquette. One of the major rules of said etiquette, disregarding spamming someone else’s blog with your own (hint, hint), is at least vaguely sourcing your opinion or editorial. You can’t just get on the internet and say all that stuff about Swinney and Napier’s relationship. Though you did source the altercation they had at practice, it wasn’t like you were breaking a story that hadn’t already come to light..

This sounds extremely hypocritical of me, but who are you to just start a blog like this and try to stir up a shit storm concerned with your own satisfaction. First you write an article criticizing Terry Don Philips for not fully supporting Dabo & co. then you turn around and blast our coaching staff, notably Swinney. Am I getting this all down correctly? Just to get things straight, you’re not the one that runs this ship. That kind of in depth rumoration is none of your business. If you support Clemson then at least give the coach we hired a fair shake, even if you don’t like him or agree with him. Hell he could run the program like the Hartford Retreat and I would still have to give him enough rope to at least hang himself with. Look, I know some of you guys behind the blog got the ban hammer from Cris Ard and are unhappy with that, but there are plenty of other message boards to spread this kind of crap. I’m sure you want the best for Clemson as do I, but this isn’t the way to go about it. Calling out a coaching staff a few games into their first season is just shitty. I also love the fact that you probably think of yourself as an orange crusader and you have it in your mind that you’re doing it for the people, yet that doesn’t stop you from slapping a few adverts in the side bar, below your posts… etc.

Dabo Swinney answering Paul Strelow’s questions concerning what I’m assuming is the AOC:

“There’s no truth to that. There’s nothing further from the truth. That’s why you shouldn’t listen to the Internet. First of all, I hired Billy to be the offensive coordinator, and Billy’s done a good job. I’ve got a lot of confidence in Billy. I’ve probably overridden three calls in five ballgames, and it’s no different on the defensive side. That’s my prerogative as head coach.“

I guess what I’m getting at is that Dabo Swinney doesn’t come to your workplace and knock the cocks out of your mouth, so why don’t you let him do what he has to do. He’s the captain of this ship, not you. He shouldn’t have to be answering questions about some dummy who signed up for a blogger account spreading rumors about him and his staff. But unfortunately in this day and age, that’s what it’s come to. Coaches having to waste their time answering questions concerning some person in Ninety-Six Ninety Six that is banging their head against a keyboard. Take a step back. Take a collective breath. Enjoy tailgating. Take this season for what it’s worth: Possibly slightly better than average as always.

Posted by Chili

TI is currently breaking that rising senior offensive lineman Barry Humphries has been dismissed from the team for violation of team rules. This is a potentially devastating blow to the offensive line, Clemson’s most questionable unit coming into the ’09 season.

Apparently Barry had, with the football staff’s knowledge, been looking for a school to transfer to for a while after the DUI bust (which was dropped today), and a recent rumored incident was the icing on the cake and the school decided to immediately part ways with him.

Posted by Willy Mac

Thanks to everyone who sent the following link about Clemson Men’s Soccer coach Trevor Adair.  As you may or may not know by now, he’s stepped down and left the university.  This could be a huge blow to the program as he had our team playing as good as they have since our last national title run back in the late 80′s.  Word around campus is that he was pretty much forced out politely.  Rather, he was politely asked to leave before he was fired.

Again, my stance on firing people is that people get canned way too often and way too early  these days.  My take is that yeah, he fucked up.  Who doesn’t?  People deserve second and sometimes third chances.  Adair could have quite possibly been one of the last good coaches that had that old school swagger to him. I know I’ve been using this phrase a little bit too much lately, but he really is a Clemson-first kind of guy.  He always had the best intentions for our university.  He really took care of his players and Clemson students in general.  He made his decisions with the best intentions in mind (disregarding that one that got him in trouble).

So why, why should we be like everyone else and just fire a guy because he’s in a little legal trouble? Or fire him because he has a problem with the sauce?  Wouldn’t it be more prudent to give the guy a second chance and… wait for it… actually help out somebody that really needs it?  The guy obviously has a problem with alcohol and rage issues. So instead of helping him get the help that he needs, we just unceremoniously dumped a good Clemson guy.  I mean, we dropped him at the worst possible time for both parties involved and it kind of looks a little ugly.  Maybe I’m affected because I really liked Adair (but really could haven given a shit less about soccer).  Maybe I feel this way because he always treated my friends and I well. I don’t know, I just don’t like the situation and how they dressed it up as “Adair seeks new opportunities” for the news outlets.  I just think that this is a really retroactive, forced, uncaring, self-preserving, knee jerk (am I leaving anything out?) decision that was made.

Maybe him being asked to leave is a rumor, but that’s what I’m getting from some people that I know.  Of course, he really could have just stepped down to reevaluate his life. In that case, we still need to help him out.  I seriously doubt that thisis true largely due to the fact that he really needs a paycheck right now. What do you think?  Take it to the comments…

Posted by Chili

According to Chansi Stuckey’s Twitter feed, TO is going to leave Clemson to play basketball overseas, where his Norwegian citizenship makes him more attractive to Euro ball clubs who have a cap on how many US players they can have on the roster. Below is a screencap of the tweet.

ESPN confirms it.