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New Story: ESPN analyst loves "two-hour recruiting commercial" that was Clemson spring game
Apr 17, 2018, 12:01 PM
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Anytime Dabo is speaking he is selling what Clemson has
Apr 17, 2018, 5:46 PM
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As far as love and family atmosphere, the fact they care about the 30 year old in them rather than the teenager they are now. Dabo is an ambassador for Clemson University and he does it better than anyone ever!!
He is essentially building our program for years to come because these players will be selling Clemson the rest of their lives!!
By being an open book it shows ESPN that what he is is who he is and the family Clemson has is real and not a show!!
The top recruits are starting to recognize it between each other an it creates a competition to get a Clemson offer!
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Re: Anytime Dabo is speaking he is selling what Clemson has
Apr 17, 2018, 5:54 PM
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Dabo is genuine. Many are trying to copy his recruiting tactics by selling the idea of family but Dabo really understands what it means. He lives it. He really cares about his players and he is not just using them to build his own legacy. It really says a lot when players who have even been kicked off of the team still hold him in high esteem. (Chad Kelley and Ebo)
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I don't think Dabo is selling Clemson with any tactics
Apr 17, 2018, 7:24 PM
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Dabo learned somewhere along the way that the best way to achieve anything is to be genuine and himself... it got him into the business with Coach Stallings, back into the business with Tommy Bowden and then the job as HC even though he had never been a coordinator. When we are honest with ourselves and others, there's nothing to be covered up or have to put on a face for the public nor his staff, coaches or players... he can just be and people will always know where he's coming from...
what young people really want from adults is honesty, what parents really want from coaches is honesty and Dabo gives it to them seasoned with grace, not sugar, and that makes it good for most everybody...
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Re: Anytime Dabo is speaking he is selling what Clemson has
Apr 21, 2018, 9:09 AM
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Another thing that Dabo and the Clemson staff has excelled at, is while they were building Clemson into where they are today, they were still reliant on several 2 and 3 star recruits. Where most programs at a similar stage were focusing o recruiting 3 and mostly 4 star players, but unlike LSU, Miami, and school's like that, Dabo started pursuing players that were high character guys, who were completely dedicated to football. They excelled at signing players who had a reason why they might be so undervalued, for example, Renfrow was an option QB while in High school, Brendan Galloway was an all state basketball player, who just started playing football in his junior year. JD and Judah Davis started school a full year early so they were only 16. Ryan Cater was noticed while playing PG for his basketball team, and Tanner Muse was a 2 star because he was an excellent baseball player, which as a result caused him to miss the spring camps. Dodd wasnt recruited at all, but he went to school with Lawson and played well....
The list goes on and on, like Etienne who was downgraded because hia high school team ran a triple option. Isiah Simmons didnt get as much exposure, maybe because he's from Kansas, K'von Wallace only recieved a 2 star grade, and this years 2019 commit Brannon Spector might have been overlooked bc of he's a white WR, and Jalyn Lay had horrible stats bc he didnt play in a pass happy offense...
Anyways, I think these type of players come in with a huge Chip on their shoulder, and bc Dabo put's a premium on recruiting kids who have a strong drive to be great, their hit rate on these type of players is actually higher than most programs success rate with 4 stars who would rather chase women and parties throughout the year...
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Tom has always had good the things to say about
Apr 17, 2018, 8:02 PM
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Clemson. I like the guy
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young guys who have no particular favorite school
Apr 18, 2018, 10:29 AM
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Watch Clemson games, listen to coach Dabo and his staff, see what the university and all the various parts of campus, especially the football facilities, are like and listen to the players who are here now. It’s a very positive environment at Clemson and something that is easy to sell. There really isn’t very much negative about Clemson. There once was a time when the bucolic setting of Clemson was not in out favor but I believe that has changed. In reality, now it is a positive. About the only thing negative about the Tigers now comes from a few fans who are quick to share their opinions on subjects they have no knowledge of! Why would a young player with no allegiance to any school not closely consider Clemson?
GO TIGERS
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Re: young guys who have no particular favorite school
Apr 18, 2018, 10:31 AM
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I'd say two former players getting arrested for armed robbery and one claiming he is a lizard king is a bit negative.
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Re: young guys who have no particular favorite school
Apr 18, 2018, 10:46 AM
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I’d say that you are a bigger ?? negative
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Don't you chickens need to work on the statue to
Apr 18, 2018, 1:04 PM
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that coke-snortin' felon who won the Heisman?? Course, for $25 you can purchase his autograph out in the Williams-Brice parking lot most home games.
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Re: New Story: ESPN analyst loves "two-hour recruiting commercial" that was Clemson spring game
Apr 21, 2018, 9:23 AM
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In the past, Clemson really only recruited a few positions well (in terms of ranking) but they are the most important positions. OT, WR, QB, DL, CB... Now that they've had this continued success, can you imagine what the scores would look like if Clemson has the recruiting classes that teams like USC, Georgia, Alabama, Ohio St, LSU and FSU have had.
After watching the spring game several times, I dont know what they're doing with their Oline... So far Carmen looks like he's going to take some time, which is typical, but they havent dont a very good job recruiting Oline, or RB's the past few years... When you look at Georgia, FSU, Bama, Ohio St, and Georgia, they're stocked with 5 star players. Clemson's Oline has looked terrible the last two times we've seen it, which is against Alabama and at the spring game...
I think Clemson got a huge steal in Galloway, but idk how they're going to fix this Oline issue, especially if the 2019 class is another down year for Oline recruits...
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