Dead weight on the Clemson coaching staff, predicting the rest of the Gamecocks schedule, & Clay Hendrix announcing his retirement | WIRE 2 WIRE 10 27 26 HOUR 1

Cole Bryson (0:02)

Tyler Grisham, CJ. Spiller, Taj Boyd, Nick Eason, Ben Bullwair, Nolan Turner, Cora Co-Wright, DeAndre McDaniel, Daquan Bowers, Cole Stout, Corey Crawford, Tyrone Crawford, Jacoby Ford, R. Davis Scott, Will Sweeney, Hunter Helms, Ryan Lithicum, LaVon Kirkland, Richard Yerrigan. Diesel, do you know what I'm naming off right now? 20 plus, do you have any idea? I'm sure you may have an idea here.

That's a lot of names, isn't it?

SPEAKER_2 (0:36)

The number of NEPO hires that are on staff for Dabo Sweeney at Clemson?

Cole Bryson (0:41)

That is a lot of names. And boy, you hit the nail on the head. I am looking at this. I wanted to ask the question today, whether or not this Clemson staff, Diesel, is a Clemson staff that is designed and built to win championships, or has Dabo Sweeney, and we've got his audio from today's press conference we'll get to as well, has he built a football staff designed to keep the Clemson family together? Those are two very different things, Diesel. I went through the Clemson staff directory and the number of Clemson former players involved in this program is remarkable. You've got former Tiger coaching quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, linebackers, safeties, everything, you name it.

You've got former players working as analysts, player development assistant, administrators. Now, Diesel, I'm not saying these people can't coach, but being a great player at Clemson doesn't automatically make you a great coach at Clemson. And then there's Chad Morris, who's making 1.2 a year to revive an offense that scored 16 points against Virginia Tech. My question to you, Diesel, and the Tolos out there, 844-3263-663, if Clemson didn't have previous relationships with Chad Morris and these other coaches that are former players on this staff, the question's very simple. Would those players and now coaches, including Chad Morris, would they be the best candidate available?

SPEAKER_2 (2:18)

Who's beaten down the door to try to hire them away?

Cole Bryson (2:20)

Well, that's a good question.

SPEAKER_2 (2:21)

That's what I wanted.

Cole Bryson (2:22)

It's a great question.

SPEAKER_2 (2:22)

I mean, is anybody threatening to hire Chad Morris away? Was anybody threatening to hire him when Dabo Sweeney pulled him back on to the staff?

Cole Bryson (2:31)

No.

SPEAKER_2 (2:31)

Is anybody saying, ooh, and I like Taj Boyd. I know Taj personally. I wouldn't say that we're friends, but I know him personally.

He's a great guy. He's a great guy. Does that make him an elite level coach that you have to have on your staff? Don't know.

Cole Bryson (2:48)

I don't know. And that's the question. And again, we'll get to some Dabo audio because he did speak to the media today.

And it is interesting audio. But man, it is just it is remarkable to think about when you start losing the way you are now. If you're Clemson, why does Clemson have multiple offensive coordinators, you know, and separate run game and pass game coordinators? And who has these are all questions I was asking myself today. Who has final authority over offensive game planning and play calling? Right. What evidence what evidence Diesel shows that Clemson's former player hiring approach produces better results and outside hires.

And also, why was Chad Morris the best option in the national coaching market? And going back to what you and I talked about yesterday, I think what this boils down to should Graham Neff require an independent review of the staff structure currently structured at Clemson and compensation and performance. Look, I'm not saying that these guys can't coach, but you look at the evidence, Diesel, there are 20, 25 former Clemson players. And I just want to know how many of these guys are dead weight. How many of these guys are dead weight opposed to contributing to this offense, to this football team, because it does certainly seem like Davao has created some jobs for a lot of people who used to be in this program.

SPEAKER_2 (4:18)

Well, what did we say yesterday? This is a program and a staff that's predicated on loyalty. You bring these guys in because they're loyal, because they think the same way that you do, because they've been through your system. A lot of these guys are players that have been through the Clemson system and been players under Davao Sweeney. So I understand why there's a desire to bring those guys back. You know them, you love them, you coached them up. You know they see things the same way you do. You automatically speak the same language. That was something Davao talked about with Garrett Riley that we didn't necessarily speak the same language. We had different code words for different concepts. And I'm thinking to myself, these are all professional football coaches. You're trying to tell me that an offensive coordinator can't learn a new term.