CLEMSON — When Clemson starts fall camp in two months, the Tigers will have the majority of its offense installed, something new offensive coordinator Chad Morris worked tirelessly on this past spring.
Getting most of the offense installed was important for the players, as they work this summer on the new system.
“I think watching those guys, they understand my expectations, the way I wanted to look out there,” Morris said back in March. “I think early on there was a lot of uncertainty on what Coach Morris’ expectations were. How does Coach Morris coach? Where is he…they realized this guy is all over the place. This guy is at every position. He is demanding this and this is the way things are.
“Everything has a purpose. Everything we do on that football field has a reason. I think that is the fine details that these guys have really understood, from the quarterbacks to the o-line.”
Morris is hoping, by having that understanding, the Tigers will come into camp with a better understanding of the offense and how their individual positions work in the offense. This is the same philosophy Morris used during his first stint at Clemson, when his offense came in and reset the record books from 2011-’14.
“Everything we do has a reason, so ‘drinking through the firehose,’… Have they mastered it? No, they have not mastered it. But have they gotten better? Yeah, they have,” Morris said. “But I want to keep them uncomfortable, too.”
Morris especially wants to keep his quarterbacks uncomfortable, as the Tigers will come into fall camp with Christopher Vizzina and Tait Reynolds battling it out to be the team’s new quarterback.
“I am going to keep them on edge,” Morris said.
Clemson’s newest coach is hopeful by keeping his players on edge, the Tigers will be ready for what is to come in the season opener when they travel to Baton Rouge, La., to take on LSU on Sept. 5.