Re: And, the World & Life changes too, we notice ..

Dabo has now corrected the two major mistakes

Moontiger · 2025-03-08T16:57:34.048Z

he made in hiring Streeter as OC and Wes as DC. This set our program back but we are with Revenue sharing also in place now on our way back up. We will have to have a great 2026 recruiting class along with using the portal in a bi if way to keep up in 2026.

I don’t think those were the two biggest mistakes - the program had a TON of change and I don’t think he hired incapable people; I think there’s a ton of variables that are pretty tough to account for.

NIL/portal changed everything
Venables leaving changed everything
Thad Turnipseed leaving changed everything
Losing OCs changed everything
A bad Covid class changed everything

Goodwin/Streeter are victims of all of that change. Dudes who were thrust into places that they couldn’t possibly succeed in.

Coach has made a ton of positive changes as we’ve gotten acclimated to post-COVID CFB. I’m confident this new formula is gonna yield continued success (10+ win) in this new era.

I think the biggest ? Is gotta come from recruiting now. We’ve lived and died on the backs of “generational” quarterbacks and we have a big ? On who’s gonna take the reins after CK2 is playing for the Jets.

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Here's my thoughts on those events:

Mar 8, 2025, 2:11 PM

You can't leave a job open in football either on the field or on the coaching staff. Yeah, it's like any other company. If the type of guy you want isn't available then you fill in the blanks until you find the right guy for the job.

Under those circumstances you offer people who may not be exactly what you want by giving them the opportunity to grow. You make it clear to them that if you promote them and they fail you will have to replace them. Now I want you, please, to imagine your boss makes a move to another company and you're the guy who is given the offer to replace him. You worked for him for a couple years and you've always been eyeing the position and the money it brings.

What would you do? You know the HR firm at your company isn't going to demote you and return you to your previous position because your previous position required an immediate hire or promotion to fill. That starts a chain reaction within the company where a lot of people who were promoted or hired are greatly effected by your decision.

So you take the job and it's soon clear that you weren't ready for it. A couple years later, after the dust has had a chance to settle nobody in the company can breath because you're clearly not doing your job.

Dabo didn't have Brent, Jeff and Tony his first couple years. All three of them remained at Clemson long after the offers for opportunity started coming in.

I submit to all here that Dabo's situation demanded his hiring of Brandon and Wes under the conditions previously set forth here. The alternative would have been not to promote but to hire someone outside the program.

Imo, Streeter and Goodwin when in eyes wide open and Dabo hated that they failed more than either of them. It's really a shame, both are good men and I appreciate them giving us their best then coming up short of the mark.

There were no mistakes here. I would have done it exactly like Dabo.