For those who STILL have their heads in the sand…….

Dec 31, 2022, 6:20 PM

you know who you are......you'll be the first to respond with a TD or "coot" comment or somewhere in between.

A few requests, but first……just a quick comment on the Orange Bowl……..Imagine if Tennessee had played with their #1, #2, & #3 offensive weapons………….OUCH!
Alright, now on to the BIG PICTURE…..something many of you people CAN’T see regarding Clemson Football over the last 3-4 years.
1. STOP telling fans to be GRATEFUL that we don’t have a Tommy West/Bowden coached program. That’s a loser’s mentality used as a deflection, so you don’t have to discuss the REAL issues plaguing this team/program.
2. STOP saying our program isn’t SLIPPING!.............The last THREE seasons (2020-2022) we’ve lost 8 GAMES………..that’s the same amount of games that we lost the previous SIX seasons (2014-2019) and yes that includes the 2014 season we had before our “ELITE” run (2015-2018)……………The last 3 seasons (2020-2022) we are 2-5 against OOC Power5 teams……….ONE of those losses was in the CFP………………….the prior 3 seasons (2017-2019) we were 9-2 against OOC Power5 teams BOTH losses in the CFP.
3. STOP saying we have “GREAT COACHES” ……Dabo’s 2 BEST hires in his tenure here at Clemson was Chad Morris and Brent Venables……BOTH outside the program. The nepotism of his hires the last 3-4 years is helping to destroy everything he built. The echo chamber on the offensive side of the ball is deafening and that’s what happens when you hire a bunch of YES men with no outside P5 coaching experience that played for you or Clemson…………and defensively, the jury’s still out on Goodwin I guess, but he did less with more as good as anybody this year, so there’s that.
4. STOP saying we have the offensive talent to be ELITE……..that’s utterly laughable. There were drives in the Orange bowl when we still “had a chance” where we went 5 Wide………Turner, Swinney, Brinningstool, Allen or Williams, and Shipley…………..#1 our Drew Swinney should NEVER be in our 2-deep WR rotation…….EVER……..#2 our WRs the last 2-3 years couldn’t hold our 2015-2018 WRs jock strap……….except for Williams. This is a coaching, recruiting, & Development issue.
5. STOP saying we don’t NEED the portal……….you sound stupid. No, we don’t need to Build from the portal, but we need to get a few IMPACTFUL players from the portal, not some free masters degree scholarship handout that never see the field………….fun fact: 5 of our last 6 OOC P5 losses have been to transfer QBs, so NO!! transfers won’t automatically “KILL OUR KULTURE”.

I would say that Dabo is at a crossroads with our program, but he’s just been standing at the crossroads the last 3-4 years doing nothing while the program continues to slip under his watch and the College Football world changing in front of his eyes, but yet he REFUSES to adapt. I just caution you not to follow too closely to the Orange Light that Dabo’s shining in your eyes. Think for yourself and take an HONEST look at where the program is and what the ISSUES ARE……….and if you still believe that Dabo is doing what’s best for our program then it is what it is I guess, but every issue I’ve mentioned above has been IMPOSSIBLE to miss if you’ve been paying attention the last 3-4 years.

All that said……….Dabo CAN FIX IT………he’s just got to put some pride and stubbornness aside, admit his mistakes………..and CORRECT THEM…………it’s pretty simple..................I just don't see him doing that....do you????. He knows that winning a minimum of 10 games at Clemson is all he needs to do to appease the Clemson masses.

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For those who STILL have their heads in the sand…….

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