Disappointing Suspension

BGFootball · Post by **BGFootball** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:16 pm

I heard it was a failed drug test. I also was told that Clawson didn't hide this from the players. He told them straight up that they WOULD be tested...apparently he didn't take that very seriously.

ZuluWarrior · Post by **ZuluWarrior** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:47 pm

Clawson's stock is rising in my book!

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:54 pm

ZuluWarrior wrote:Clawson's stock is rising in my book!

Mine too.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:22 pm

This sux....Ream was my fave D player and I knew he had a couple run ins before....suspended for half the 07 season due to this. #90 going into his SR season. This sux BiG time but the rules are the rules. Period. I'm sorry the dude won't be on the field this year.

GO FALCONS

MarkL · Post by **MarkL** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:30 pm

So disappointing! I really thought he was smart enough to not make the same mistake twice. I really thought he was a leader of this team.

mmisbg · Post by **mmisbg** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:38 pm

ESPN.com reported this as a "violation of team rules".

If it is because of what the rules say it is, then right on. Looks like Clawson is willing to do what needs to be done.

cowboyjoe · Post by **cowboyjoe** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:07 pm

This may be why Tennessee's offense was almost dead last in Division 1 last year.

cph2133 · Post by **cph2133** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:24 pm

cowboyjoe wrote:This may be why Tennessee's offense was almost dead last in Division 1 last year.

Why, because Clawson decides to enforce drug testing?

BGFalconfromCincy · Post by **BGFalconfromCincy** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:26 pm

cowboyjoe wrote:This may be why Tennessee's offense was almost dead last in Division 1 last year.

So Tennessee's offense sucked last year because Dave Clawson kicked a d-linemen off Bowling Green's team, that makes perfect sense.

Maybe Tennessee's offense sucked last year because they didn't have talented players due to poor recuirtment by one overrated head coach in Philip Fulmer.

I get it, you love Gregg Brandon, you seem to have a man crush on him, but you have to get over the fact that he is gone and has moved on. As Rick Pitino might say, "Gregg Brandon isn't walking through that door." Maybe had Brandon had done more kicking players off instead of weak penalties he would still be here

Ydfalcon · Post by **Ydfalcon** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:46 pm

BGFalconfromCincy wrote:
cowboyjoe wrote:This may be why Tennessee's offense was almost dead last in Division 1 last year.
So Tennessee's offense sucked last year because Dave Clawson kicked a d-linemen off Bowling Green's team, that makes perfect sense. Maybe Tennessee's offense sucked last year because they didn't have talented players due to poor recuirtment by one overrated head coach in Philip Fulmer.

Pretty much, from my viewpoint. On top of that, Clawson was trying to implement a new offensive system, with a new quarterback, at a highly tradition-conscious and stubborn school. Combined with the fact that he walked into a bad situation under Fat Phil... the cards were stacked against him from the start.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:55 pm

Coach Clawson had a pretty tough job last year at Tenn....doesn't matter now.

GO FALCONS

Ydfalcon · Post by **Ydfalcon** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:34 am

Falconfreak90 wrote:Coach Clawson had a pretty tough job last year at Tenn....doesn't matter now.

GO FALCONS

Exactly. Our guys seem excited about playing for him and learning his system, instead of resisting change and treating his ideas with an attitude of "well, that's now how we do things here."

I am very excited to see what he does with this program and I have a strong feeling it's going to be a lot of fun to be a BG fan. (More so than it already is.)

Strouse · Post by **Strouse** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:14 am

BGFootball wrote:...I also was told that Clawson didn't hide this from the players. He told them straight up that they WOULD be tested...apparently he didn't take that very seriously.

If that is in fact true, that is definitely good to hear, especially with the history this team has had in that regard. As what others have said already, Clawson's stock just keeps going higher and higher!

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:53 am

cowboyjoe wrote:This may be why Tennessee's offense was almost dead last in Division 1 last year.

Why are you being such a douche towards Coach Clawson? He didn't fire Gregg Brandon. Greg Christopher fired Gregg Brandon...hell, you could argue that GB fired himself by letting a MAC Championship quality team blow so many games in the 4th qtr... whatever the case, sniping at Coach CLawson won't bring Brandon back...

Let it go....

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:10 am

Very disappointing news to say the least!!! Wow.... this really isn’t what I was hoping to hear. I'll tell you what though, the two past off-seasons have been just killers for our defensive linemen. Between what happened with Barrow and Hardwick last year and now Reem this year, the off-the-field decision making has just wiped out our DL as both guys last year had several years of eligibility remaining. Reem was our only returning starter on the DL and now he’s gone too. But what can you do…