Dino's Game 7 Press Conference for Clemson: 11 AM

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

“We understand what type of game this is. We’re talking about a team that’s won the conference for the past six years. They’re a class act.” - Babers on SU’s upcoming matchup against Clemson.

“They know when they play bad, they know when they play good. It doesn’t come down to one play. They understand how close they are. It’s the tough times when you grow.” - Babers on his players’ mindsets following two close losses in a row.

Babers stands by his decisions during the Wake Forest game. Said the decision to go for two at the end of regulation was made based on the way SU scored, so it wasn’t premeditated. Reiterates players were slow in getting ready for the conversation attempt.

Babers said Syracuse was two seconds away from getting the snap off on the two-point conversion. That runs against one player saying after the game that they never got the play call.

Babers said seeing the way RB Sean Tucker powered through a defender into the end zone drove him to go for two. Natural to be wonder whether that late decision factored into the communication issues that led to the delay of game.

Mikel Jones will be Team Captain for the rest of the year. Other captains TBA this week.

Babers sheds little light on the statuses of injured OL Chris Bleich and Airon Servais. Said they may be available for the Clemson game. Either would be valuable considering Darius Tisdale is sidelined for a more extended time.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Dino says we have to keep "Chopping Wood".

That's it. That crosses the line.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[NineOneSeven]

2 seconds away is sort of a long time considering the play clock running down

 

[Finwad32]

2 seconds away is sort of a long time considering the play clock running down

Yeah, I don’t take everything Dino says literally, because he’s not a very literal person… But .1 seconds or 10 seconds doesn’t really matter, you’re too late.

It borderline stuns me that we’re not more organized in that situation. And that’s on Dino. He makes the call 1 or 2.

I honestly thought during the game that they were taking the penalty to give our K his preferred angle.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Yeah, I don’t take everything Dino says literally, because he’s not a very literal person… But .1 seconds or 10 seconds doesn’t really matter, you’re too late.

It borderline stuns me that we’re not more organized in that situation. And that’s on Dino. He makes the call 1 or 2.

I honestly thought during the game that they were taking the penalty to give our K his preferred angle.

Why would you need a preferred angle on a PAT?

Just put the ball in the middle in first place.

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

Yeah, I don’t take everything Dino says literally, because he’s not a very literal person… But .1 seconds or 10 seconds doesn’t really matter, you’re too late.

It borderline stuns me that we’re not more organized in that situation. And that’s on Dino. He makes the call 1 or 2.

I honestly thought during the game that they were taking the penalty to give our K his preferred angle.

I thought similarly on the 4th and 2 before the missed FG. You get a first down there and just about clinch the win. Certainly if you can score a TD. So the ref spots the ball, you rush to the line and pound it out no huddle for a critical first down. It's as if they don't have any practice reps for such game scenarios. Just analysis paralysis

 

[NineOneSeven]

Why would you need a preferred angle on a PAT?

Just put the ball in the middle in first place.

That angle stressed me out on camera because you only saw one of the goal posts.

 

[Trueblue25]

Jones should be captain.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

That angle stressed me out on camera because you only saw one of the goal posts.

We lined up on the left hash for the 2 pt conv, but after the delay of game they can't respot the ball in the center for the PAT.

We're kinda committed now.

 

[AZOrange]

Why would you need a preferred angle on a PAT?

Just put the ball in the middle in first place.

Did you see his prior kick? Ooof

 

[AZOrange]

Is he really blaming the players for coaching misfires?

 

[PhatOrange]

I though Richt was wrong in his post game comments about pre-planning going for two. Sometimes you make on the fly decisions. Deciding to go for two in the moment is a perfectly reasonable. But the confusion underscores to me that none of the assistants (Gilbert) and the offensive coaches were ready to go for two on the fly and they should have been. That also filters down to the players needing to be ready. Dino owns the organization of it all but to me the delay was on the assistants responsible for getting the play call in and the right personnel ready to go.

 

[TexanMark]

I jumped off the Dino Train after Saturday. So tired of Cuse being continuously outcoached on gameday.

 

[PhatOrange]

Is he really blaming the players for coaching misfires?

Bad look but certainly could be true. I've had players with half their pads off drinking water shooting the sht when they need to be running on the field. But this is why the 30 football assistants you have on the sideline should be helping organize and direct traffic.

 

[AZOrange]

I though Richt was wrong in his post game comments about pre-planning going for two. Sometimes you make on the fly decisions. Deciding to go for two in the moment is a perfectly reasonable. But the confusion underscores to me that none of the assistants (Gilbert) and the offensive coaches were ready to go for two on the fly and they should have been. That also filters down to the players needing to be ready. Dino owns the organization of it all but to me the delay was on the assistants responsible for getting the play call in and the right personnel ready to go.

Dino admitting that they didn’t know if they’d go for two or not until after they scored is as painful as the delay of game…OMFG. It’s a 100 percent go for two scenario and nothing about the dump over the middle to Tucker for 6 was the deciding factor. That’s the scary part with Dino is that he doesn’t even seem to know why what he’s saying is nuts.

 

[Finwad32]

Why would you need a preferred angle on a PAT?

Just put the ball in the middle in first place.

I was searching for justification.

 

[PhatOrange]

Dino admitting that they didn’t know if they’d go for two or not until after they scored is as painful as the delay of game…OMFG. It’s a 100 percent go for two scenario and nothing about the dump over the middle to Tucker for 6 was the deciding factor. That’s the scary part with Dino is that he doesn’t even seem to know why what he’s saying is nuts.

It's not a 100% go for two scenario. Not even a little bit. Arkansas lost this weekend going for 2 in the same situation. It's an all or nothing.

(Can't take Dino literally in these press conference either, and don't believe a word he ever says.)

 

[kcsu]

Dino admitting that they didn’t know if they’d go for two or not until after they scored is as painful as the delay of game…OMFG. It’s a 100 percent go for two scenario and nothing about the dump over the middle to Tucker for 6 was the deciding factor. That’s the scary part with Dino is that he doesn’t even seem to know why what he’s saying is nuts.

Hes not a solid decision maker. Too many movies not enough critical thinking.

 

[AZOrange]

It's not a 100% go for two scenario. Not even a little bit. Arkansas lost this weekend going for 2 in the same situation. It's an all or nothing situation.

(Can't take Dino literally in these press conference either, and don't believe a word he ever says.)

To me at home, against an undefeated who’d taken momentum is 100 percent. Arkansas was
None of those

 

[bigmike]

For me, if Dino took accountability for these issues straight up and said he would move heaven and earth to fix them I’d be back on board with him. To his credit he has assembled a fine team that plays really hard. The team has a reasonably strong coaching group, particularly on Defense and O line. Now one could argue he took too long to get this staff put together, and issues with specials have become obvious, but let’s leave all that aside for now. If Dino would simply take the same steps to fix clock management and in game decisions, this program could take off. I am holding out a small amount of hope that very soon he will take this next step and we will be on our way.

 

[BrooklynCuse]

I though Richt was wrong in his post game comments about pre-planning going for two. Sometimes you make on the fly decisions. Deciding to go for two in the moment is a perfectly reasonable. But the confusion underscores to me that none of the assistants (Gilbert) and the offensive coaches were ready to go for two on the fly and they should have been. That also filters down to the players needing to be ready. Dino owns the organization of it all but to me the delay was on the assistants responsible for getting the play call in and the right personnel ready to go.

I don’t know… Richt won the Walter Camp coach of the year award, two SEC coach of the year awards. One ACC coach of the year award. Two SEC championships, etc…

If he says you should have it pre-planned I’m inclined to believe him. Even the announcer from the game said you have that decision when you start the drive

 

[GoSU96]

Dino admitting that they didn’t know if they’d go for two or not until after they scored is as painful as the delay of game…OMFG. It’s a 100 percent go for two scenario and nothing about the dump over the middle to Tucker for 6 was the deciding factor. That’s the scary part with Dino is that he doesn’t even seem to know why what he’s saying is nuts.

You’re really saying going for two to win or lose in regulation is a 100% go for it situation?

I don’t think that true at all.

part of it is feel, and the other night I think you end it there either way because of the match up, but that’s not true in every case

 

[djorange1989]

To me at home, against an undefeated who’d taken momentum is 100 percent. Arkansas was
None of those

yep, gotta go for 2 and the win, our D was struggling, I did not feel good about OT at all.