http://www.tigernet.com/story/football/C...ting-13512

Quote:Over the last several years sportswriters and broadcasters around the country have nicknamed Clemson football SID Tim Bourret “Clemson Google” because of Bourret’s uncanny ability to recall long-forgotten stats and statistical oddities without having to consult a media guide or the internet.

Following Wednesday’s National Signing Day Press Conference, Bourret may have lost his nickname to the operation run by Thad Turnipseed, the control center of Clemson recruiting and one of the main reasons behind Clemson’s 4th-ranked 2015 recruiting class.

Quote:Turnipseed was hired away from Alabama and given the official title of Director of Recruiting. He quickly set about renovating the players’ lounge and locker rooms and then built a staff of 40 assistants to help run everything from monitoring prospects’ Twitter accounts to maximizing coaches’ recruiting visits and plane rides.

In other words, he completely revamped the way Clemson recruits and that’s something that former recruiting coordinator Jeff Scott told the media Wednesday that was a welcome change.

"Everything that used to be done in my office with maybe one student assistant has been replaced by Thad and his assistants that work back there all the time (on recruiting)," Scott said. "A lot of times I was doing wide receiver stuff and at lunch I'd go in for 90 minutes and do recruiting, then go to practice. At some point you're turning one off to turn the other one on and recruiting had gotten so big we needed someone to come in and do nothing but recruiting full time, and it's allowed us to really take that next step."

Quote:Turnipseed’s department doesn’t evaluate talent. Instead, they direct message recruits on social media and work with Clemson’s marketing, graphic and video departments to help reach recruits in various ways. Turnipseed is also able to look over a prospect’s social media history and determine whether they would be a good fit with the Clemson program.

Quote:“I guess we will call it Clemson Google. I didn't know that is what it was branded," Turnipseed said with a smile. "I guess we are going to brand it Clemson Google. and I hope Google doesn't sue us or anything. But we are really there to support the coaches. It's logistics support. Instead of seeing three or four players today, can we use the airplane because by the way we have some 2017 kids and some 2016 kids that will be hot two years from now? Why don't you swing by four miles to this school and just go ahead and touch base. So instead of seeing four kids a day. We might see six kids a day and that will pay dividends two years down the road.”

Turnipseed was an Alabama teammate of Dabo's and after a career ending injury served as a student assistant for the Tide.

Seems to be a System that's working. Great recruiting class coming in.

When was he hired?

We hired the same position from UF in like 2008. Never even knew that type of position existed before, so I'm not sure we even had one with Bowden. Seems like a must-have position if you have any intention of competing these days. But 40 recruiting assistants? Seems like...a lot.