I remember reading an article last year about Joe dropping a good amount of weight (don’t remember the exact number) when he got to Clemson. Also, someone posted a video in this thread of an interview where Joe joked that he couldn’t eat cookies and other junk food because he was on a diet. Although the comment was lighthearted, it was obvious to the naked eye that Joe looked MUCH trimmer and more cut last year at Clemson. Not surprisingly, his efficiency numbers went way up due to being in better condition and not being the primary ball handler. Somehow we couldn’t figure those two things out when he was here. I remember reading a Syracuse dot com article a few years ago in which joe talked about how he lifted with his old football buddies back in GF during the quarantine, and that caused him to put on too much upper body mass. How was he (and every other Syracuse player) not put on a specific work out regimen during his time away from campus. It’s like the Grob days when the football team didn’t even do pre and post season strength and conditioning testing. I don’t know the ins and outs of what Cabiles and his staff are or aren’t doing, but we have over a decade of observations that prove what ever they are doing is unacceptable for a P4 conference team.
There was no way Autry was going to get rid of Cabiles, but I’m confident the next coach will when they go with an outside the family hire. I truly feel bad for Red…a great person, recruiter, family man. But he hasn’t shown anything that makes me confident that he can turn this around.
