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All-In [30593]
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Just so I know for future posting reference...
Aug 20, 2014, 10:04 AM
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does anyone on this board still think Dabo should be fired or still disagree with the his hiring?
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I'm sure there are still plenty of them
Aug 20, 2014, 10:08 AM
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I'll be the first to admit, I was starting to waiver during the one bad season he had, especially when KP ran down the hill on senior day.
However, he is a great leader and has surrounded himself with the best assistants he could find, and he along with this staff are incredible recruiters. I believe he has a great shot at bringing a national championship to Clemson.
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All-In [30593]
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Who are you
Aug 20, 2014, 10:11 AM
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and what did you do with GWP?
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He must have received a
Aug 20, 2014, 10:12 AM
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Crumpmail last night.
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Legend [16629]
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Did it contain a funny??
Aug 20, 2014, 10:14 AM
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Crump still owes us juan.
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GWP changed after the great lunge invasion.
Aug 20, 2014, 10:43 AM
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He hasn't been the same ever since.
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Legend [16629]
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Almost didn't TU this
Aug 20, 2014, 10:45 AM
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fraid of the implications
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I still think it was a HUGE gamble ...
Aug 20, 2014, 10:12 AM
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I sort of view it like America electing Obama. He wasn't my choice but once he got the job, I hoped for all our sakes, that he would be the best we ever had. Fortunately, Dabo worked out alot better for Clemson than Obama did for America.
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I agree... huge gamble that has paid off tremendously...
Aug 20, 2014, 10:14 AM
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as for the Liberal...
well, at least 2016 is closer than it was yesterday
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I would say that the folks who actually did the hiring
Aug 20, 2014, 10:21 AM
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didn't feel that it was a HUGE gamble, and I'd say that they were right, and everybody else was wrong.
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Actually, I think the folks who did the hiring....
Aug 20, 2014, 10:32 AM
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knew full well that it was a HUGE gamble.
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Why would they take such a huge gamble?***
Aug 20, 2014, 11:05 AM
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Bc. they were going to have to pay TB a few million $$$$***
Aug 20, 2014, 11:20 AM
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So anybody we hired would have been a huge gamble?***
Aug 20, 2014, 12:30 PM
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You are absolutely on target. WHY would they hire someone
Aug 20, 2014, 10:37 AM
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they considered a huge gamble? Makes no sense with all the other available coaches out there and Dabo has proven he was the RIGHT HIRE.
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Uhhh he had absolutely ZERO head coaching experience
Aug 20, 2014, 10:42 AM
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Hiring Dabo was without question a tremendous gamble.
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I know that's why you feel it was a HUGE gamble.
Aug 20, 2014, 11:09 AM
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The question remains, why would anyone who is responsible for hiring a head coach take such a HUGE gamble?
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Economics for one....
Aug 20, 2014, 11:18 AM
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Maintaining team unity is another.
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there's also the secret deal with ESPN...
Aug 20, 2014, 11:31 AM
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they paid us to hire Dabo in hopes we would fail... to further their conspiracy
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Orange Blooded [2683]
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That was a HUGE gamble for ESPN
Aug 20, 2014, 12:02 PM
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looks like it blew up in their face. Suck it ESPN!
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Are you saying then, that due to economics, we were
Aug 20, 2014, 12:26 PM
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forced to take a huge gamble no matter who we hired?
If they chose Dabo, in part, in order to maintain team unity, then from that angle it would have been a safe choice, as opposed to a gamble. As far as team unity was a concern, bringing in an outsider would have been more of a gamble.
If economics dictated that we simply could not afford a more experienced coach, say a coordinator or head coach, then Dabo would not have been much of a gamble at all, given the economic situation. While we may not have been in a position to pay a "big name" head coach at the time, I find it hard to believe that we could not have at least gotten a decent coordinator, or a head coach from a smaller school. Heck, we interviewed Venables, and had to have some idea of what he would cost, and he wound up coming as an assistant anyway.
The bottom line is that the folks at Clemson who do the hiring decided that Dabo was the best guy for the job given available choices and whatever limitations they had to work with.
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They'll come out of the woodwork if we slip up
Aug 20, 2014, 10:13 AM
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And few are probably HOPING that happens just so they can say "I told you so" (looking at you Blue_Caddie/Lowcountry_Ranconteur/whatever you go by now)
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paging leadtiger...
Aug 20, 2014, 10:14 AM
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haters gonna hate...and he's definitely one of them
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Re: Just so I know for future posting reference...
Aug 20, 2014, 10:21 AM
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FIRE DABO AND ALL OF EM
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Not Batson though, right?
Aug 20, 2014, 10:22 AM
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Right?
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Re: Not Batson though, right?
Aug 20, 2014, 10:22 AM
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THE BATSON STAYS
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Even after last year's success, I ran into a big "fan" that
Aug 20, 2014, 10:35 AM
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still just called him a "cheerleader" and wanted him gone.
You can't fix stupid.
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Love all the people that say they are THE BIG FAN. LOL!!
Aug 20, 2014, 10:40 AM
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Agree you can't fix stupid.
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it's a week to week answer with some of "us"***
Aug 20, 2014, 10:52 AM
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Re: Just so I know for future posting reference...
Aug 20, 2014, 11:10 AM
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Dabo worked out great for us, but we need to understand the CLEMSON way for recruiting coaches. We typically do NOT go after proven coaches, and it does not always work out. Example: Rick Pitino was available when he left the Celtics, and we opted for OP. How'd that work out for us???? Who wanted to be a Top 5 team in BBall anyway - right? Who wanted to play in the Final Four? Heck - we are a FOOTBALL school.
Let's all just thank our lucky stars that it has worked out. Of course - we've lost 5-in-a-row to our rival. Not sure if any CLEMSON fans are okay with that yet.
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Still can't believe we turned Pitino away
Aug 20, 2014, 12:04 PM
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Heard he'd walk nekkid through Seneca to get a chance to coach the Clemson Basketball Tigers.
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Been away for a couple of months
Aug 20, 2014, 11:12 AM
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Shouldn't there be a mandatory fire Jack comment somewhere? If not someone please catch me up...
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Let's see - if we are 1 - 2, then they will be back in force.***
Aug 20, 2014, 12:09 PM
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