Dave Sez

Tommy's Tight-Lipped Tumult Tears Tigers

Tommy Bowden has been going on a firing spree down at Clemson. A quiet, surgical firing spree, not unlike a mob hitman taking out his revenge. First, it was coordinators Mike O'Cain and John Lovett and then coach Thielen Smith.

The way he's gone about, without telling anyone what's going on, is ruffling some striped fur.

Check the description of the O'Cain execution:

According to sources familiar with the meeting, Bowden told O'Cain he wanted to make changes to an offense that was one of the Atlantic Coast Conference's worst in 2004. O'Cain asked him if that meant he no longer had a job. Bowden said yes and ended the meeting, which lasted no more than a minute.

I wonder if he gave him a kiss on the cheek first?