Hunter Renfrow clears the air on post-game quote some viewed as shot at Alabama
By Andrew Olson
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A post-game quote from Clemson WR Hunter Renfrow turned heads and raised a few eyebrows this week.
On Thursday, reporter Ross Dellenger shared a quote from one of his Sports Illustrated articles:
“Coach Swinney has built it on fun, and obviously Coach Saban has built it on a process. I’m just so proud of being at a place like Clemson, where I feel like we’ve done it the right way. If we’re supposed to have only five guys on the field as coaches, we’re making sure we have five. We’re not doing it the wrong way and we’re having fun doing it.”
Radio host and Alabama beat reporter Aaron Suttles was among those who interpreted Renfrow’s quote as a not-so-subtle accusation of Alabama breaking (or at least bending) the NCAA rules regarding number of on-field coaches for games and practices. Clemson has five offensive assistants. Alabama is well-known for having former head coaches and assistant coaches on staff as analysts (who are supposed to be “off-field” assistants).
Wooo boy, that Hunter Renfrow quote. He’s not being real subtle. https://t.co/ULobrnCfNK
— Aaron Suttles (@AaronSuttles) January 10, 2019
He’s essentially accusing Alabama of breaking NCAA rules on a daily basis at practice. https://t.co/XCs9e1Lfw1
— Aaron Suttles (@AaronSuttles) January 10, 2019
Renfrow, however, says the quote was “totally taken out of context.”
No disrespect to Alabama. I was just trying to applaud Coach Swinney for the way he runs things and doing it the right way. Quote totally taken out of context
— Hunter Renfrow (@renfrowhunter) January 11, 2019
Renfrow has broken the hearts of the Crimson Tide faithful before, but no one wanted to hate the wise veteran.
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