Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowdenis an American football coach who served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008. He is a son of Bobby Bowden, former head football coach of Florida State University, against whom he has coached in games nicknamed the "Bowden Bowl." He is also a brother of Terry Bowden, currently head football coach of the University of Akron...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth10 July 1954
careful changing effort guaranteed guy level lose mean older talent younger
We're changing the talent level and you really need to be careful about your effort every day and you can lose (your spot). A lot of our talent is younger talent and just because you're an older guy doesn't mean you're going to be guaranteed a slot.
anticipate coming defense guys key playing possibly sign strongly
I strongly anticipate some of the guys we sign coming in and possibly playing some key roles, especially on defense the way we did this year.
against coaching competition field freshmen good guys treated
From a coaching perspective, when those guys are on the field -- against good competition -- there are going to be some errors. But I don't think these freshmen want to be treated as freshmen anymore.
good guys move sitting somewhere
I don't want one of our really good ones sitting down. If he is better than one of those guys somewhere else, than we will move him over there.
anticipate box difficulty guys line running
I didn't anticipate having that much difficulty running it. They put more guys in the box (at the line of scrimmage).
football good guy
There is a lot on a young guy like that and to get the catches that he did that was very impressive. ... I think he is really going to be a good football player.
couple decision guy hit last ran short third year
We had a couple of third and longs, and they hit the short guy and the short guy ran for the first down. Last year they didn't make that decision as often as they should have.
age age-and-aging choices decisions good guys humble man mature mother receive takes taught
It takes a very mature young man (to do what he did). He's made good decisions for his age, choices guys his age don't usually make. He's a very humble person and he's been taught well by his mother about how to receive praise.
guys playing possible simply
It will simply be different preparation for the guys playing more because of possible suspensions,
battling best guys position quality since six
We've six guys battling for two spots. We're in the best position to find two quality guys since I've been here.
angle catching chance gets guys safety second seeing speed took turn wrong
When he gets to the second level, there is no catching him from behind, at least not on this team. If you don't turn those guys and let them catch it in stride, they have a better chance to make big plays. The safety wasn't used to seeing that kind of speed and took the wrong angle on it, and (Ford) was gone.
close coach coaching excitement four games guys improvement perspective
A coach doesn't get giddy. The excitement from a coaching perspective is if we can get those guys to make improvement. And it's not like a lot of improvement because we were close in the four games we lost. We can get better.
biggest guy lose miss point productive run since weapon
You're going to lose right now, our biggest weapon back there. That's the most productive we've had a guy run since I've been here. We're going to miss that. ... Pretty significant at this point in time.
guys list short
He would be on our short list of guys that would not be. He's on the play list.