SMH in Disbelief

Sep 15, 2020, 2:06 PM

There have been so many posts critical of Coach Swinney since the game Saturday. “He’s lost control of his team.” “He doesn’t know what he’s doing.” Some even went so far as to call him “un-Christian” and said, “he’s not going to Heaven.” Those are particularly disturbing since I believe Jesus was clear on not judging and I do not think anyone on this board has catapulted to the level of making decisions about someone going to Heaven……. or not.

There is one thing we do not know and one we do. We do not know Coach Swinney’s personal position on BLM, or any other political issue for that matter. And good for him for keeping those personal beliefs to himself. The thing we know is he supports his team. Anyone who has held a leadership position knows that a leader is part of the team and has a responsibility to articulate that support. He has handled this difficult issue extremely well.

It seems a lot of the criticism is because so many assumed Coach Swinney’s beliefs would line up with theirs. Assumptions can be extremely dangerous things. Again, we do not know his personal views but let us just pretend for a second they are not what so many wanted. Would that make him deserve this intense criticism? Perhaps it is your own myopic view that needs a second look. Wouldn’t the world be a very dull place if everyone thought the same about everything?

This is the man who sits at the top of the college football world. He is the reason that people no longer ask….”Clemson? Is that in North Carolina?” He is partly responsible for 35,000 high school seniors applying for a freshman class of 3000. The university just completed a $1 billion fundraising campaign and a lot of the success was because of Coach Swinney. Forbes even published an article a couple of years ago on the economic benefit Coach Swinney has brought to upstate South Carolina. And, of course, Coach Swinney makes no secret of his deep religious beliefs though I have never heard him criticize anyone whose beliefs may not align with his.

Clemson is no longer just a “redneck school” in South Carolina. It is a premier university and positioned to compete with some of the best universities in the country from both an athletic and academic perspective. Again, that is partly because of Coach Swinney. There are some on this board who do not like that and would prefer Clemson remain a little farm school. On the other hand, if one of the media outlets does not include Clemson in their analyses some of those same people get terribly upset. It is impossible to have it both ways.

As we start this unique year, Clemson is right back where we belong – at the top. Coach Swinney is delivering on his end of the bargain……the question is, are you?

Two last things: Some will go off on BLM being a Marxist organization. It is highly unlikely that BLM, or any organization for that matter, is going to turn our entire civilization upside down. And some of you will come at me since I live in California. I do, but I am from South Carolina, about 35 miles from Clemson. So please save those comments as well.

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