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News Article: Clemson adds a marker to their "graveyard"

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They've done this for many many years. I'm not sure what the standards are, but this goes back into the Frank Howard days if I'm not mistaken.

Still... get it up on posters all over the weight room and practice facilities.
 
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RTR91 said:
Just another file to the "Never Dabo" folder...
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I'm not saying I like stuff like this because I don't. I grew up in a time period of sports where coaches simply didn't do theatrics like this. However, what Dabo is doing is becoming the norm in dealing with and relating to young athletes today. The Sean McVay's, PJ Flecks, and the James Franklin's of the world are using methods of relating and preparing their players that fly directly in the face of what coaches like Saban and probably the coaches we had growing up as kids. And as time continues to pass these methods will become the norm if it hasn't started to already.

You see it everywhere at almost every level. My oldest boys play baseball and it has become VERY VERY common to see teams bring sound systems to put in the dugout to play when they're warming up. Some teams use "walk up music" for each player. MLB has a marketing program out right now using Ken Griffey Jr called "Let the kids play". Basically trying to tear down a lot of the unwritten etiquette that has supposedly "plagued" baseball for years. Whereas back when we played, stuff like that would have been looked down upon and scoffed at as "bush league". I was raised in the "Act like you've been there" sports generation.
 
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I prefer Alabama's Walk of Champions. I guess that this is their tacky version of that. I agree that it could be a very useful motivational tool.

Did they do this after their previous championship?
 
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TideEngineer08 said:
They've done this for many many years. I'm not sure what the standards are, but this goes back into the Frank Howard days if I'm not mistaken.

Still... get it up on posters all over the weight room and practice facilities.
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Think it has to be a top 25 team, so they don't do it often playing in the ACC.
Bamabuzzard said:
I'm not saying I like stuff like this because I don't. I grew up in a time period of sports where coaches simply didn't do theatrics like this. However, what Dabo is doing is becoming the norm in dealing with and relating to young athletes today. The Sean McVay's, PJ Flecks, and the James Franklin's of the world are using methods of relating and preparing their players that fly directly in the face of what coaches like Saban and probably the coaches we had growing up as kids. And as time continues to pass these methods will become the norm if it hasn't started to already.
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Alabama does things, too. Not something as corny as this, though. Click
 
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RTR91 said:
Think it has to be a top 25 team, so they don't do it often playing in the ACC.


Alabama does things, too. Not something as corny as this, though. Click
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I've seen NFL teams do similar stuff like "burying" stuff from the previous year and having a "funeral service". The Saints come to mind. I also think the Chargers did it as well. It's corny as all get out but Clemson definitely isn't the only ones who do stupid stuff like this.

One of the dumbest things I've seen is the theatrics of the "turnover chain", "turnover garbage can", "turnover belt" etc. I absolutely hate that. But again, I'm outdated to what the kids enjoy and do today. I simply wasn't taught to do stuff like that.
 
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RTR91 said:
Think it has to be a top 25 team, so they don't do it often playing in the ACC.


Alabama does things, too. Not something as corny as this, though. Click
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Any top 25 team they beat on the road they make a gravestone. They’ve done it even before Dabo was there so this isn’t exclusive a Dabo thing.
 
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Bamabuzzard said:
I've seen NFL teams do similar stuff like "burying" stuff from the previous year and having a "funeral service". The Saints come to mind. I also think the Chargers did it as well. It's corny as all get out but Clemson definitely isn't the only ones who do stupid stuff like this.

One of the dumbest things I've seen is the theatrics of the "turnover chain", "turnover garbage can", "turnover belt" etc. I absolutely hate that. But again, I'm outdated to what the kids enjoy and do today. I simply wasn't taught to do stuff like that.
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You do realize Saban and Kirby came up with the turnover belt to begin with.
 
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B1GTide said:
I prefer Alabama's Walk of Champions. I guess that this is their tacky version of that. I agree that it could be a very useful motivational tool.

Did they do this after their previous championship?
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They do this after every top 25 road victory. There are at least 2 Ohio St gravestones out there as well.
 
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81usaf92 said:
You do realize Saban and Pruitt came up with the turnover belt to begin with.
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So, doesn't mean I like it. But again, I was raised in a much different sports culture. It also goes to show you that Saban has no problem adapting. Do you really think 15 years ago Saban would have been open to a "turnover belt" being paraded around on the sidelines? LOL!

The point I'm trying to make is Dabo isn't doing anything that is out of touch with what's already going on in some form or fashion all over sports. How coaches deal and interact with players changes over time. This is no different.
 
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So, doesn't mean I like it. But again, I was raised in a much different sports culture. It also goes to show you that Saban has no problem adapting. Do you really think 15 years ago Saban would have been open to a "turnover belt" being paraded around on the sidelines? LOL!

The point I'm trying to make is Dabo isn't doing anything that is out of touch with what's already going on in some form or fashion all over sports. How coaches deal and interact with players changes over time. This is no different.
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But again this is a Clemson tradition dating back to atleast the 40’s.

For the Turnover item that Saban invented... if it works then who am I to judge? But the Clemson graveyard is a long time tradition not a Dabo thing. It would be like saying smoking a cigar after TSIO is a Saban thing.
 
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Florida State does something similar. They grab a piece of sod at the home team's stadium and bring it back to their "sod cemetery." I can't remember when they started that. Maybe it was Bobby Bowden back in the 80s when he was building up FSU. Don't ask me what they've done if it was artificial turf...
 
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