Dabo Swinney's Clemson-Georgia preview (pt. 2)

or coach or a John gr who's been a head how can they provide well that's another big change you know used to uh you know again none of those people they could all help game plan but none of them could coach you know or they weren't supposed to coach on the field they couldn't run meetings they couldn't do any of that stuff and the other big big changes they couldn't be in the Box you were limited on who you could put in the Box you were limited on who you could put on the headset you're very limited uh to that you know you couldn't put John gra in the Box you couldn't put whammy in the Box because they they unless they were an on you could only put on the- field coaches or your G or somebody that was within seven years of graduating you know so you had these limitations on who could actually go in the box where now that doesn't matter so you can put you know some some uh seasoned veterans in the box and you can you know do however you want but you can keep your full-time guys on the field to coach their guys and you can have you know if you've got the right type of people that can go upstairs and give you the type of information that you need so I think it's it's great uh so like whammy will be in the Box Force I mean he's been a longtime defensive coordinator uh he can be on a headset he wouldn't have been he couldn't have been on a headset um you know if it wasn't for the rule change gra will be in the Box Danny will be in the Box I mean so you know we'll have some veteran people uh up top to go along with you know the other ones that we that we want to be up there so it's great it's a good change and I'm assuming you had the beanie bowl yeah how did that work out Clemson won Clemson won beat the Washington generals again uh all you old people Harlem Globe TRS know that uh y'all get that do they still play the Washington generals the Harlem glob TRS okay good how did that work out being invol with everybody it's great it's great you know and you know it's why you do it I mean there's always things that that you know it's one of those things that that uh you know you you get into it and it's like it's so much just to just to do that uh but it's so important because you have new people and there's always things that come up you know where for example okay you go into your Indie rout your your pregame routine and the man managers weren't where they were supposed to be and so you're coaching the you got new managers and just ironing out some of the little kinks and then it's the first time that you've been on the same sideline together since last year you know the you know so where do you sit where do you go what's our sideline organization what's our halftime procedure where uh Personnel substitutions um special situations you know there's a lot uh going on so actual subbing from the same sideline and having to react to situations so it's why you do it so there were some things that came up uh but then also coaches communication true game day everybody on their assignments um you know that part of special teams so it's it's it's really good it's one of those things that's you're like oh my gosh you know it's just because it's a lot to put it together and to get ready for it but it's so necessary you know to try to um you know iron out some Kinks again you wish you had some preseason games but that's that we don't hey coach do asked ABC Columbia also new here so nice to meet you and Noah Noah yeah Noah nice to meet you uh coach no team no number one team has ever lost a preseason game since 1990 is that a stat uses motivation do you care about I mean what do you make of that stat heading into sure I mean I mean heck I was a sophomore I was a red shirt sophomore number 88 for the tide uh in in 1990 Woody mccorvy still had black hair and uh and and and just he had just come from Clemson to to Tuscaloosa to be my position coach uh Jean Stalin's first year at Alabama 1990 that's a long time ago so uh yeah I mean I think it's it just I mean it is what it is reason why I mean it's it's most of the time the most of the time they might screw up a lot of them other ones but most of the time everybody can figure out who the number one team is you know or you know coming out of the gate uh we miss on a lot of the rest of them but usually the number one team it's it's maybe there's one or two teams that can VY for it you know out of the gate so uh probably a pretty good stat but definitely yeah it's great opportunity to do something hadn't been done not since it's never been done but it hadn't been done in 34 years so great opportunity what's your assessment of Kate's confidence in himself heading into this week and what do you need to see from him on the first couple of drives yeah I think he's he's very confident and uh he's he goes against a bunch of good people in practice every day I mean it's not easy on our practice field uh it's not to to to be able to again all you you know I think that's one of your reasons for success is you practice against good people because the majority of your time in football it's who you practice against so uh he goes against a great group every single day great coaches uh great players and um he's grown this makes him better so I think he's he's in a good spot I think he grew a lot last year and how he finished uh he's carried that over into the off season is Le he's really established himself as a leader on this team and uh proud of him but you know what we need to see from him Saturday is just what we've seen in the practice you know take care of the ball make good decisions you know manage the game um you know be o opportunistic with his legs uh when those things present themselves and just um you know you know let it rip man let it rip coach Clon George is robbery that goes way back um Gary stokan the CEO of the peach bow told me that it was an interesting story um how this matchup kind of transpired uh Dan rakovic when he played Georgia 21 in Charlotte uh he said that uh they wanted to play the game in Atlanta but um they already had a game schedule for the AAC kickoff um Gary still in said that they would have done a double header Dan and CER you know figured out a way to get Clemson Georgia playing that game can you get kind of elaborate on on how this all unfolded yeah I mean ditto there that's kind of how it all went I guess and U you know I mean I I think I mean honestly I wish we played Georgia every year uh just because uh it's Sav a lot of money uh for everybody especially our fans uh you know because I mean why do we got you know we we've had to go out to A&M you know I think we go to LSU in a couple years I mean we've tried to always play uh 10 you know you better bring your aame type games plus a top group of five type of Team uh which obviously this year we've got that with about as good as you can find in app uh so and then we've played a team from that's kind of been our formula for a long time so you know these these schools are close there's tradition um you know they're hard it's a hard game I mean this is a tough tough game but there's a lot of great history uh with with Clemson Georgia you know I grew up I mean you always you knew Clemson Georgia was going to play each other it was just one of those games that you wanted to watch uh as a kid so I think it's good for our fans it's good for for uh for college football you mentioned Carson Beck called him Heisman potential candidate obviously you're not going to give away the game plan but what are the challenges that he presents he's just really smart he has great uh understanding of their scheme he knows where everybody is you know uh he's he's accurate you know he's very accurate guy and as I said earlier he picks his spots where uh he'll use his legs you know uh they they do just enough with him in the Run game to slow you down just a little you know uh so but I mean he he he finds underneath players you know if you if you leave a check down open going to find him he knows where he's at um but he doesn't uh doesn't put the ball in Jeopardy a whole lot you know so just just a very very he's a very good player again he's got a live arm um there's really nothing not to like about the kid he's a he's he's a he's a dude he's a great one you mentioned Kate using his legs how much more comfortable is he in the zone read game and just having a feel for for that yeah much more I mean that was an area last year where um you know he needed to take some he needed to grow and he got again got same thing got better as the season went but especially first half of the Season he you know too many tfls where he didn't make the right decisions you know uh he had one you know in a a poor decision in a in a critical situation you know so just you know being decisive uh within the scheme and um that that was something we needed to see from him coming out of the season and just a little more consistency there and he's done that I mean he's been really good uh so again if he'll carry those things to game day uh he's going to have a great year I mean I just think he's he's his Poise his confidence his understanding of everything going into year two uh with our scheme is uh you know it should show I know you guys uh practice a lot of your Tigers Traditions before the season make sure everything's in order what do you coach as far as a successful run down the hill are there some key points for coaching that up I don't really coach much on run down the hill uh biggest thing we coach up there is you know let's we get behind the rock like let's respect the Rock Let's respect the tradition and and we lock up kind of behind the rock if you will you with the players and and then uh and then let's just get down the hill let's get to work you know I mean there's no real I don't we don't I don't I mean you know to each his own get on down the hill uh you know some of them go fast some of them some of them will take their time a little some will jump uh but main thing is is how we how we load and unload the buses how we lock up behind the Rock and that's pretty much it know Monday depth chart this year is that because Georgia is not putting one out week one or what's the reason in that uh yeah I mean just so y'all would ask uh just to make y'all have to dig a Little Deeper uh they got to buy the subscriptions to all our our tiger websites and you know have to get the inside scoop from Larry uh on who's playing where and who's running out there first I guess that's it I don't know it seems like a new thing uh last time you think you didn't do I have no idea I have no idea I don't George has lost two games in the past three season I guess have you looked at those losses and what did they I guess what did Alabama it was a short list uh well I mean Alabama just they they you they won the line of scrimmage and they made a few more competitive plays and if you look at the SEC Championship game they had the critical turnover it's the difference in the game I mean you know and and and the crazy thing is is you know the critical turnover was a reverse and it's fixing the go it's it was haded up they had it they had it uh but just the exchange wasn't clean balls on the ground bam they come up with it inside the 10 or wherever it was and and um it's a difference in the game what was it 20 27 24 is that what the score was uh so yeah it's it's just a couple play they they made the two more plays that you got to make to to to beat an opponent like this you know that's what it comes down to I mean two plays I mean the last time we played them it was one play and again there's a lot of plays that you could love to get back on both sides but when it came down to it there was one play that decided the game pick six obviously po security was an issue for you guys last year I mean is there anything you can see in practice that gives you Faith it's going to be better or you just have to see them play well hopefully just I think we're a little more mature a little more experienced I mean we've worked really really hard at it just like we did last year and um you know so just I guess hopefully just hopefully just the maturity and the experience Factor uh will show up for us I mean you know that's definitely an area that that you know we have to be better you know we just we were really really poor um in in ball security last year and and and not only you know the turnovers but where they happened were just catastrophic I mean you're talking a lot of them were in the red zone and you put Drives together and you get no points and that's just it's so costly uh and it's deflating you know it's it's it's it's hard to overcome those things so just wait too many and hopefully when this season is over that's an area that we're much improved and if we are we're going to have a we'll have a better year coach with this game being quote unquote a neutral site what are you expecting in terms of orange versus red in the crowd and what are you preparing for in terms of atmosphere yeah I mean I I don't I don't know what the ticket uh breakdown is I don't know how how that all worked uh I don't know if there was back door funling to the Georgia fans I have no idea uh but you know I I Clemson will have a ton of fans there Georg obvious will have a ton of fans there it'll be an awesome environment it'll be a great crowd and uh we've tried to prepare our guys uh as much as you possibly can again this is you know we're not getting to open at home you know where you've got you know just you know what you can expect on the offensive side um it's it's going to be loud right out of the gate so and then you're playing a a you know I this is a this is a great defense uh it's one of the top defenses in the country and they do a lot of movement there's a lot of pressures there's a lot of you know stemon and stuff like that and so being able to be on the same page catch that movement with your Cadence especially when you have a silent Cadence you know those are challenges when you have a ton of noise so you have to practice that you got to really work hard on that and uh so you know that's why you you you try to create as as much unrealistic noise in practice as you can you know in your Blitz periods in in your in your your uh your run periods and run fits and protections with you know again all the movement that they they don't just line up sometimes they do but most of the time they're moving so being able to communicate and be on the same page and again ex execute your Cadence in that environment is always a challenge I mean it's what you do but when you haven't played in a while that's something that that certainly you worry about going into a game like this so you try to prepare the best you can is it kind of crazy that your career most of your career Clemson head coach that most of the games you start the season with have been on the road or neutral s yeah yeah that sounds like an ad problem uh atram nf.com uh I don't think we've had a home opener since 19 maybe um so and and then not only that I mean we you know you look around the country and you go boy it'd be nice to maybe have a little you know I remember I think I told y'all coach sper called me one time we both got beat in a in a um and matter of fact it was the Georgia game we played Georgia in 14 and he called me on that and I I think they played Tex A&M and just got boat raced the whole game like all four quarters and it this classic spor uh still still got the voicemail and and he he calls me and he's just like and then I call him back and he's just like yeah I don't know why we schedule these games I tell you I just don't know we go play we go play team over here down the road get a little win everybody's happy get to work out some of them problems cuz you know there going to be some problems yeah I don't know why we schedule these games like this right out of the gate you know and he he says you know yeah but hey look I just calling you uh yeah look like y'all got your ass kicked for you know one quarter uh we got ours kicked for four quarters but but hey just uh just wanted to tell you hey hey just keep your head up you know long season ahead we'll keep we'll keep moving classic sper and uh you know always appre appreciated that about him you know CU he has this Persona you know and but he really was a good dude he's still a good dude and and just very caring and and um I think he I think he U you know took pride in maybe helping Mentor me a little bit and try to teach me and and you know he he called me several times over his career uh here to just and even to this day you know to just give me his little insight or or or pick me up or even when they beat us you know I can't bet they beat us I think in 13 and we had like six turnovers and he's like I tell you yeah y'all beat everybody y'all just can't hold on that ball when y'all play us I don't know what it is you know and uh so he always had his way of trying to encourage it but I I remember that uh specifically so maybe one of these days we'll have one of them one of them little openers we can we can uh we can make we we can make some mistakes and and still win and go get better but this ain't one of them you make mistakes in this one you get beat uh that's one thing I can say about Jordan they don't make a lot of mistakes you know they seldom beat themselves they're a well coached team and um we'll have our hands full but yeah one of these days we'll get a home game well I think we got a home game next year but we got another one of them easy ones I think we got LSU uh right here so we'll run it back this time next year um in the valley but it will be nice to finally have a game at least we're not on Monday night you know we I think we went two years in a row on the Road Monday night uh so that's a completely quirky deal you know and you come back and play again on Saturday so um it's h it's good to play on Saturday that's for sure talking your radio show was interesting about the Green Dot players on defense and how is it that two of them can't be on the field at the same time so you you have other helmets or offense you can't you can't have two Green Dot people on the field at the same time you know they might they might give you a pass on special teams if you got you know your two Mike backers that have the Green Dot if they're on kickoff they might they might they might give you a pass on that I don't think you're supposed to but I'm not sure they're they're hunting that but but certainly on uh on on offense and defense you know you can't have can't have the running back with a Green Dot and the quarterback with a Green Dot um or an offensive lineman with the Green Dot and a quarterback with a Green Dot that's just the rule is there a concern on defense at all in terms of like Personnel not been able to have like these two linebackers on the field together or not really uh no no how do you feel about the depth at tackle interior defensive tackle sorry uh good I mean we've got uh you know three really really good veteran players you know right there that I I kind of look at all three of them as starters I think they'll play that way in in Cape and Payton and Trey and then uh you know we got some talented guys behind them that you know they gota they gota by the end of the year they got to be dudes for us you know need them to be dudes Saturday uh hopefully we'll see that but you know Steph Isen is a very talented young player burley's a very talented young player uh so you know we we really like those guys a lot uh and what they bring to the table and then we we signed heaven we signed champ uh so you know it's a it's a good group of young guys that U we recruited to to come in here and help us but thankfully we don't we don't need any of them to run out there first right now uh we need them to just be good depth guys and we'll lean on those first three guys to to set the tone can't imagine how excited Sammy Brown is for this game I imagine he'll start on special teams um how have you seen learning curve go for him since January it's been good I mean he you could tell in the spring I mean it was a lot it was a lot on him um you know I think more scheme than probably what he's had to deal with uh and again that's just I mean if you really watched his career he played about every snap you know of of offense and defense so uh it's not like he just played defense and spend his whole time preparing for defense I mean he had to know offense too and and a lot of things so I think there was a lot thrown at him uh purposely the spring uh to get him ready physically he was ready to go the day he got here I mean he's he one of the he's one of the freakiest dudes to walk in the door I mean you know big strong fast and jump I mean he's he's he's near the top in about every category uh gu's a I mean he's State wrestling champ State lifting champ you know uh football you name it I he's he's just a a winner and a great great kid but it it's really slowed down for him he's still got you know still got a learning curve to go but he's it's really um slowed down he put the work in from the spring and then what when he came out of spring on what he had to do to to get better this fall camp and he's done that uh so he's put himself in a good spot to help us and and be a backup there and I would say the same thing that I just said about our our Young D tackles hopefully it's a situation we can you know have a little Good Fortune this year here with some key guys staying healthy like Barrett and wood has to where we can bring him bring him at a good Pace um and because I think he's just going to get better and better and better got about 90 more seconds before we need to transition to West if anybody has one more did you did you miss the live interaction with your fans last night on call I was hoping you would call in uh we I checked for your text uh I didn't see it I didn't see it that was good you know it was good uh it was good to get back going and you know some good questions hopefully you know we'll be able to You Know cover more topics and get more done and and uh you know have more than two or three people that call in still love Becky you know shout out to Becky uh and uh and you know we we still love her so people think that the Tyler call from last year you know led to the decision not to take calls what what was behind the decision well actually and that's what people will assume and that was brought up and you know all the stuff but actually internally they've been talking about it for a while to make a change to the format and really look at what most other people were doing um being able to take more questions being able to talk more ball being able to you know not just have two or three people that you spend the evening talking to uh but you know I mean that certainly that certainly uh you know didn't help the the the the cause that's for sure but uh but it's all good man uh Tyler a a great Clemson uh man and and uh always will be thanks coach thanks coach thanks all right appreciate it