Welcome Coach Clawson!!!

etipton12 · Post by **etipton12** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:47 am

Redwingtom wrote:
doogkid wrote:My guess is he was cheap. Not sold on his resume but if can keep his players out of jail, he will have an up on Brandon.
A Toledo TV station said last night said he could make up to $400,000/year after incentives. That is not cheap for the MAC.

The Toledo Blade said 200,000 a year and w/ incentives/bonus could get up to 400,000

etipton12 · Post by **etipton12** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:50 am

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar ... /812130421

etipton12 · Post by **etipton12** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:57 am

Falcon Fanatic wrote:
Ydfalcon wrote:
Falcon Fanatic wrote:
bgbill wrote:Maybe he'll be at the hockey game tonight.
I was just thinking that as I read through these posts and listened to the press conference! I think that would be awesome!!

GO BG!!
BEAT ND!!

It would definitely be a great move if he did. Anytime a coach of one sport attends events and roots for another sport it's a good thing. Students and other fans love to see that sense of pride and spirit that a move like that displays.
At the first period break, in the Falcon Club lounge, I asked if he would be making an appearance. I was told that they had hoped he could, but he would not be able to due to meeting with recruits. I know that is a good thing, but it would have been awesome to introduce him to that crowd!! Would have been a great welcome to BG!!!

Im hoping he is at the basketball game tomorrow vs UDM. I'll be there and would love to see him intro'd at halftime!

Redwingtom · Post by **Redwingtom** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:22 am

I'm looking for him to be at my house in the morning tomorrow to make me breakfast!

Look guys, this guy has a home and undoubtedly personal affairs to attend to in another state as well as securing a residence in BG. Let's at least extend him the courtesy to wrap these up before we expect to see him at every single BGSU function!

always a falcon · Post by **always a falcon** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:24 am

I THINK this is the last week for a while that football coaches can interact with recruits. They then go into a DEAD period where they can't contact them over the holidays.

So I would think he can't wait to take in the other sports and get to know people, but if only has 7 or 5 days to talk to the recruits and visit them, I want him with our recruits!

Though a Visit with Falcon Fanatic would get him fired up and ready for the Falcons!

Ydfalcon · Post by **Ydfalcon** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:35 am

always a falcon wrote:I THINK this is the last week for a while that football coaches can interact with recruits. They then go into a DEAD period where they can't contact them over the holidays.

So I would think he can't wait to take in the other sports and get to know people, but if only has 7 or 5 days to talk to the recruits and visit them, I want him with our recruits!

Though a Visit with Falcon Fanatic would get him fired up and ready for the Falcons!

Oh absolutely, he's got a lot of work ahead of him this week and it's more important that he go and get that work done. But I think it would be great if as soon as he has a few hours to spare, he makes it out to a game somewhere. I completely understand his need to be working with the players, and recruits, and also I'm sure it's difficult to orchestrate a move from Knoxville to BG in the midst of all that, so I wouldn't fault him in the slightest for being too busy to make it out to a BG sporting event for awhile, I just hope that he takes the opportunity once things settle down a little, as it'd be a great kind of pr moment for him.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:56 am

It would/will be interesting to see how the incentives are laid out. I assume the basic "gimmes" are there... $XX,000 for the coaches show, $XX,000 for the barnstorming tours and on-field bonuses. But I wonder if, given the APR news that came out, if academics and off-the-field bring him a big prize. I don't think anyone should be rewarded for not letting kids get arrested, (as Chris Rock says, what you're "SPOSED" to do..."I'ma take care of MY kids!"

) but if there's a review-based incentive at the end of the year for keeping us out of the blotter.

Six years seems pretty impressive, too.

Falcon Commander · Post by **Falcon Commander** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:27 pm

New Haven Register . . .

Yale would be crazy not to make a run at the former head coach who began his coaching career at Albany in 1989.
Former Tennessee offensive coordinator Dave Clawson, who was in the running for the vacant Yale football job, has been named the head coach at Bowling Green.

Clawson, who played at Williams and had successful head coaching stints at Fordham and Richmond, would have been a nice fit at Yale. Earlier this week I spoke to a couple colleagues at the Knoxville News-Sentinel who had dealings with Clawson at Tennessee and they had nothing but good things to say about the 41-year-old Clawson.

WBIR . . .

Clawson then was named offensive coordinator at Villanova, where he helped establish 70 school records and led the Wildcats to the I-AA playoffs in 1996 and 1997. Under Clawson's tutelage, receiver Brian Finneran won the Walter Payton Award, given to I-AA's most outstanding player, and running back Brian Westbrook became the first student-athlete in NCAA history to gain more than 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in a season.

UT (TN) . . .
Will LaTrelle Scott follow his boss to Bowling Green?

Clawson will do a great job at BG. I wish him well, it will be interesting to watch.

But I will just encourage you to watch BGSU play next year if you get a chance.

He'll have the authority to do his own thing at Bowling Green without being micromanaged. I wish him well. He's a great football coach.

Congrats to Coach Clawson...I'm sure he will do fine.

It will be fun to watch him truly be able to run his style. We'll all see the results next year. Honorable thing he did here for publicly attempting to take the fall for something he was not responsible for. I'm sure he sold that in his interview as a redeeming quality.

Comcast Sports . . .

Bowling Green passed over at least one candidate who spent time in the area, Missouri defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, who played and coached at nearby Toledo.
Former Bowling Green and Oklahoma State assistant Tim Beckman said he was contacted about the job before he took the top position at Toledo a week ago.

Coach C . . . . It is an honor and a thrill to be given this opportunity to coach football at Bowling Green State University ... To be named the head coach of a football program that is filled with a rich history is a dream come true.

WELCOME Coach !!!

It's the Journey... · Post by **It's the Journey...** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:51 pm

I like this hire. His resume is solid and has connections in Ohio. I expect fundamentals will be stressed as a strong base will allow us the flexibility Coach Clawson wants to have. An improvement in that area alone is worth his check. We'll be a leaner, more flexible team under this coach. We may lose a few players who do not want to give up their off field antics, but that is fine with me. The future is bright...GO BG!!!!!

VDub26Falcon · Post by **VDub26Falcon** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:57 pm

Did anyone see when the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade got Rick Roll'd?

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:57 am

always a falcon wrote:Though a Visit with Falcon Fanatic would get him fired up and ready for the Falcons!

I appreciate the vote of confidence, but FREAK is the one he really needs to meet with!!! Freak's probably sent him 50 emails welcoming him to BG!!

MACMAN · Post by **MACMAN** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:31 pm

cw08 wrote:
ZuluWarrior wrote:And fight for BGSU!
UT struggled to move the ball and score in Clawson’s one season as offensive coordinator. The Vols finished 115th out of 119 major NCAA Division I teams with 268.8 yards per game, and they were 110th with 17.3 points per game.

yea the school rushed to find a coach and we have seemingly made a lateral move. Yet he was just the OC and as a head coach the role is very different, so he may well be a good HC and a bad OC. We will now have to see how this plays out.

cowboyjoe · Post by **cowboyjoe** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:38 pm

What bothers me is that Clawson may be "contagious"...meaning he was on the sidelines this fall when Wyoming went into Tennessee and beat them on their home field...and what is worse even yet is that we have hired someone that was in charge of an offense that only scored 7 points at home with SEC talent against those Cowboys. Wyoming was one of the worst teams in division 1 this year. I think North Texas's defensive coordinator would have probably been a good hire also being that they were dead last in total defense. He would have been available like Clawson was.

MarkL · Post by **MarkL** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:14 pm

cowboyjoe wrote:What bothers me is that Clawson may be "contagious"...meaning he was on the sidelines this fall when Wyoming went into Tennessee and beat them on their home field...and what is worse even yet is that we have hired someone that was in charge of an offense that only scored 7 points at home with SEC talent against those Cowboys. Wyoming was one of the worst teams in division 1 this year. I think North Texas's defensive coordinator would have probably been a good hire also being that they were dead last in total defense. He would have been available like Clawson was.

... beating a dead horse, I'm sorry ...

A good coordinator does NOT make a good head coach. A bad coordinator does NOT make a bad head coach. Entirely different mentalities, personalities, and such.

Dave Clawson is a proven head coach at Richmond. Not a proven coordinator, and that doesn't bother me one bit.

TugSGH72 · Post by **TugSGH72** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:54 am

Welcome aboard Coach Clawson! Here's to the best of success here at BG!

Welcome Coach Clawson!!!

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