Re: Comment on Grayson Manns culture article

No criticism of the article writer he is just putting out content for discussion.

but man oh man, how many times is Dabo gonna pull out this culture card nonsense as a red herring from the real problems and relevant criticisms and questions.

"heart of a champion" "nobody wants it more than these guys" i find the constant cliche phrase usage at this point not as keeping it positive but just downright insulting to the fan base and anyone viewing the very dissapointing product he keeps putting out there.

usually when someone focuses so much on one thing like "culture" or any other focus not involved with winning games, its because they are no longer elite at winning games. I notice he rarely pulls out his "fun is in the winning" phrase anymore, that was his biggest one during the championship years. but i think he wants us to kind of forget that one now.

now we need to be happy if were 5-5 because our millionaire stars on defense and offense have the " heart of champions" are made of "the right stuff" and our 12 million dollar coach is promising all kinds of rosy things in the future.......sure thing man.

THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES [ Figurative meaning:] The phrase is now an idiom used to describe a situation where an obvious truth is being ignored or denied by a large group of people, often because they are afraid to speak out or criticize someone powerful or widely accepted.

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Re: Ironic post is ironic

Nov 16, 2025, 11:56 AM [ in reply to Ironic post is ironic ]

Oh yeah I’ve criticized Dabo enough this year. This isn’t another one of such posts.

Dabo is spot on for not trying to emulate how UGA, Miami, OH State, MI, USC, aTm, Penn State, TX, etc etc etc.

We simply have not, nor will we ever have, the combination of huge financial resources + recruiting home-ground of those guys. A hard working small man fighter who exercises and crafts his technique will never beat a larger man who works equally hard and crafts his skills as what the smaller guy did.

Dabo has worked with special CEO type insight to recognize areas where Clemson can be better than the aforementioned ‘big guys.’

Every program has culture. Dabo has worked incredibly hard to create a truly distinctive culture that fits Clemson University’s unique blend of natural attributes. Especially noteworthy is Dabo’s recognition that many superb prospects from the FB perspective will not appreciate the Clemson-type culture; he doesn’t waste time pursuing those guys.

Clemson’s natural attributes are rural environment is topographically nice with nice weather except in the summer … but there’s a nice lake adjacent to C.University for enjoyable outside recreation even on the hottest summer days.

The Southeast part of the culture picture is a heavier presence of Christian faith than outside of the SE USA. Overtly Christian values are not an attribute for many prospective players. Dabo understands this and doesn’t waste (much) time trying to convince who are minimally (Christian-centric) religious to choose Clemson for our other attributes. Again, when every ‘unique’ advantage is needed to convince a highly recruited prospect should forgo the bigger bucks, we’re already even further less likely to win the recruiting battle. Therefore, we focus more on prospects who go to Christian focused private schools instead of scattering our recruiting efforts on players who are not openly committed to Christianity as a guiding principle in life.

The final ‘Dabo culture’ pitch is that Clemson commits to the player’s well being. As long as the player does all the practice and off-season conditioning, does his schoolwork, and keeps out if (big) trouble, Clemson will not ‘run him off’ the team. Look at Zaire Patterson. Highly regarded HS DE prospect that is a 5th year SR, almost never gets in a game. Dabo can (diplomatically / obliquely) refer to how Clemson FB never strayed from trying to develop ZP as opposed to runn8ng him off and bringing in a bunch of transfers to put ‘at the front of the line.’

NIL has made it harder than ever to sell the Clemson culture. However, NIL or no NIL, Clemson will NEVER possess the financial resources to go $ for $ against the aforementioned competing schools. Dabo recognizes that our ~ unique culture and rural atmosphere must continue to be emphasized so that we can still beat other places for top end recruits.

Sammy Brown is the most visible of such recent successes for us. He could have gone anywhere in America and would be starting (or at worst, first from among the second string players to get in the game) for all of them. Yet, he chose us. Culture was the difference maker.

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Comment on Grayson Manns culture article

Sounds like Dabo has a team of Rudy's***

was there no more room under Grayson's article? and you seem easily insulted...