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Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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"Coaching makes some of the things I've experienced in my life make sense to me. It allows me to use my life experiences to impact young people and to serve God through what I do. I'm very passionate about seeing young people graduate, mature and develop." ~~~ DABO
Some here say his job is not to be a mentor to kids, just to win.
I disagree, I think it is also to have a program Clemson folks are proud of.
How has he done after the last NATTY Clemson won --?
Some idiots who have no clue as to CFB think he fails if one is not brought home every year.
How has DABO/CLEMSON done since 2019?
51 wins 9 losses.
This current team is projected to win more than 10 games.
By any standard he is underpaid and under appreciated by many idiots.
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where are you getting the 9 losses since 2019 from???***
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Dynasty Maker [3319]
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Re: where are you getting the 9 losses since 2019 from???***
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We have 9 since 2023
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Re: where are you getting the 9 losses since 2019 from???***
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Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!?!?
🤔 Go Tigers!! Go Dabo!!
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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Sep 8, 2025, 3:51 PM
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I'm not suggesting Dabo be fired at all, and yes I think creating educated respectful men is his priority and I am fine with that. But he is NOT underpaid at all, by any standard.
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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I believe in free market. If a tic-toker or a music star can make millions - I am OK with that.
Politicians tend to steal, that is not capitalism.
Football coaches and players are in the entertainment industry. The market is best at determining who gets what.
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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Sep 9, 2025, 9:23 PM
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Then eliminate athletic scholarships 👍👍👍 I am all for it if they want that money let them pay their own way too !!!!!
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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I personally think that all college coaches are overpaid when you think about it they only coach high school kids for just a limited number of years. It's a revolving door of players that if good enough are taken in by the NFL, and that number is very very limited. That is the reason that I say that all college coaches are overpaid and it's bc so few of their players are coached up enough to have a chance to play FB in the NFL, and 99% of college FB players will have to search for jobs other than FB to make themselves a living and pay their monthly bills. I could see a college coach making 11 mil a year if the biggest percentage of their players went to play FB for a living, but they don't, only 1 may be 2% of the guys they coached will get that chance.
A supervisor would be fired with the quickness if the guys they were over only produced 1 or 2% of their product that could be sold on a monthly basis, and 99% of those supervisors aren't being paying paid anything close to what coaches are being paid to only put out 1 or 2% of usable players to go and play a game!!!
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Don't worry tug. Neff is the only one who can fire
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Sep 8, 2025, 3:57 PM
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A coach and I don't think he is on tnet.
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Re: Don't worry tug. Neff is the only one who can fire
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I'm surely thankful for that bc if it were up to a certain percentage of a fan base that could get a coach fired, the best ever coaches would have been fired at some point in their careers, probably several times!!!
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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Anybody wanting Dabo to be fired is either an idiot or a coot fan (or some other hater)!
There is not another coach that could do as good a job as Dabo at Clemson. Name one!
Saban is a great coach, but he would not be as successful at Clemson.
Dabo approaching 200 wins in his 18th season, and he will be in the top 20 Division 1 coaches of all time! He is already the all-time leading ACC football coach! In the NIL era, he is doing it the right way and has one of the leading graduation rates in the country. He does a great job with our players!
Our team looked like they were in a daze for the first six (6) quarters this season.
The second half team Saturday, is what we expected to see to start the season!
I am looking forward to the rest of the season.
This is nothing like 2-9 and 3-6-2 when I was a student! Fairweather fans can move on to the coots!
Go Tigers, Beat Georgia Tech!
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The TEAM was in a daze for 2 quarters- the first half Saturday.
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Sep 8, 2025, 6:16 PM
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We played our ##### off against LSU and succeeded at every spot, except QB. So yeah, the QB was in daze the first 4 quarters of tbe season and team was in a daze in a bizarre first half Saturday. We fixed it at half.
That’s it.
The facts of what we’ve seen in two games are clear. But it’s NOT a team issue.
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Good god man, is your goal in life to be the most
Sep 9, 2025, 1:43 PM
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obnoxious contrarian there is? You've never made a post that's not you going "NUH UH! YOU'RE WRONG AND I'M RIGHT".
Absolutely insufferable. No wonder you get so much grief and have to fake your thumbs ups.
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I'm no trend expert ... but I'm seeing 8-5
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2018: 15-0
2019: 14-1
2020: 10-2
2021: 10-3
2022: 11-3
2023: 9-4
2024: 10-4
2025: 8-5
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Our downward trend is clear to anyone who wants to see it.
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The problem is that many people don’t want to see it.
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Re: Our downward trend is clear to anyone who wants to see it.
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Can we fire Judge Keller? Is it a life appointment to the bench?
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Re: Our downward trend is clear to anyone who wants to see it.
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I make the motion we fire cooter imposter Judge.🙋♂️
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Re: Our downward trend is clear to anyone who wants to see it.
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Once you’ve finished 1st it’s difficult not to have a downward slope. Yet in conference, Dabo stiil managed a championship just last year. I understand your confusion on this topic since your preferred coach has never finished on top - in conference or nationally - ever. Allowing the illusion that he is trending up despite being no better than most of his predecessors by many objective measures.
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We are seeing an uptick in losses over the past 5 years.
Sep 9, 2025, 1:55 PM
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You failed to address that in your response.
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Re: We are seeing an uptick in losses over the past 5 years.
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I directly addressed it. When you’re on top you will inevitably trend down. We lost 3 games over 3 seasons (2018-2020). OMG - we lost more games than that over subsequent seasons! Muh downward trend! 📉 You, however, have failed to address your naked hypocrisy.
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Re: I'm no trend expert ... but I'm seeing 8-5
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It appears that you understand historical trends and patterns. You're right in this prediction: They were lucky to be playing Troy in that game. The GT game is clearly shaky. and could be another loss. This game did nothing to instill any confidence in me after viewing it.
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Re: I'm no trend expert ... but I'm seeing 8-5
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Hope you are wrong, but if O doesn't pick it up and/or adjust when something isn't working, you may be right.
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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We have 17 losses since the 2019 season (exclusive), 3 of which are post season losses. So much sunshine pumping L’s are looking like W’s now?
Dabo is by far the best coach we’ve ever had, but the fact of the matter is the team hasn’t been up to the standard Dabo himself set since we lost to the bucknuts in 2020. Many bad decisions surrounding coaching staff have been made, many have been rectified, but not all of them. And again, you put us in either of the other big money conferences and that number of losses is going up by 1-2 games a year. We used to be feared no matter where we played, now we aren’t, even at home.
If Ohio State had of lost to Texas 17-10 at home with the same miserable offensive showing we had and followed that up with trailing a G6 team into the 3rd quarter nearly this entire board would be screaming they’re overrated not very good. Yet for some reason for many on this board lose all objectivity looking through their orange tinted glasses at our own program
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If Ohio State
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If Martians landed in town we might all be seen as food.
If, if if if - is not facts.
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Re: If Ohio State
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I love how these Dolts start "Dabo's record" from 2015 or 2020, lol.
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Everyone is subject to complacency ... even Dabo.
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Whether or not he regains the fire is yet to be seen.
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Re: Everyone is subject to complacency ... even Dabo.
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I don't believe he has ever lost it ~~
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Re: Everyone is subject to complacency ... even Dabo.
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He lost it after this NIL bullcrap started. Just like ole Nicky Saban you can tell Dabo doesn't have the same amount of passion for this game anymore.
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Re: Everyone is subject to complacency ... even Dabo.
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LOL
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Gridiron Giant [15600]
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Here is the VERY simple summary of what has kept us from elite -
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2020 - We played great and made the national championship game. There was NOBODY stopping Burrow that night, but we were irrefutably “elite”.
2021 - DJU struggled.
2022 - DJU was a little better and with great coaching we were only an 8-29 day from DJ against the coots from making a 4-team playoff. Cade came in and dominated rhe ACC Championship, and we had 500 yards against UT but choked on the red zone. UT had several long pass TDs. They didn’t dominate like the final score appears.
2023 - Cade was in his first season and showing the same traits we saw against LSU this year.
YOU CANNOT BE AN ELITE TEAM WITH THESE LEVELS OF QB PLAY.
2024 - Cade was much better but still showed some of that rookie stuff. Nonetheless we were the 11th ranked offense. Our defense was bad, real bad. We made the 12 team playoff, and with a defense at Texas we may have advanced.
YOU CANNOT BE AN ELITE TEAM WITH A DEFENSE LIKE 2024
2025 - LSU was on Cade. Period. Troy we started out rough but did what good teams do in the second half.
That’s 4 years or less than elite. QB in 3 years and defense in 1 year.
Fix the QB and develop Randall, and there’s no reason we shouldn’t make the playoffs.
You guys are making waaay too much of this.
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less than elite
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What does "elite mean to you?
Clemson is elite - every year --
Only one team wins the NATTY often due to good luck.
Clemson is competitive and in the conversation every year at a level few teams can claim..
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Re: less than elite
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Elite is subjective. That’s why they like to throw it around so much. The meaning changes to fit their narrative.
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Re: less than elite
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The Dabo bashers seem to believe that even making a national championship in football and losing is not really elite while simultaneously believing that a basketball coach that never wins any title, has never finished a regular season ranked higher than 14, has only finished ranked 3 out of 15 seasons, has never even played a conference championship game, is elite because one time he had a team when 3 games in a post season tourney.
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Clemson 2015-2020 was elite.
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Clemson 2021-present
-9-14 vs P4/5 teams that finish with 8+ wins
-1-8 vs OOC P4/5 teams that finish with 8+ wins
-8-6 vs ACC Teams that finish with 8+ wins
That is NOT “Elite”
See the difference now?? We haven’t been elite since 2020 and that was fringe elite based on how we looked when we played outside the ACC.
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Said it several times now -
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We had mediocre at best QB play from 2021-2023.
In 2024 our defense quit on Wes.
That’s it. So make up all the BS you want, but you cannot deny these and only these have been the underlying reasons for only being 6th in wins since 2020.
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Oh. Ok. So you dont take into account quality of opponent.
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By your standard of overall wins we are looking at teams like ole miss, UTSA, and Liberty in the top 10 in wins since 2020. You need another metric because those teams aren’t elite.
I just gave you facts that Clemson is an abysmal 9-14 vs P4/5 teams that have 8+ wins. And 1-8 vs those teams NOT in the ACC…….sorry that’s not “elite”. I don’t care what excuse you’re giving for each year that we’ve underperformed. It ALL falls back on the coach. Please show me the made up “bs” in those numbers. Just because you can’t stomach them doesn’t make them “bs”.
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Re: Clemson 2015-2020 was elite.
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The problem when you use a range of dates like this is that there are still very few teams that are better over that range. From 2021-present Clemson is:
9th in total wins
10th in win percentage
11th in wins against ranked opponents
12th in win percentage against ranked opponents
Of the 11 teams to appear above us in these various rankings:
1 is James Madison University
Only 6 had a harder strength of schedule over that time: Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio State, Michigan, and Oklahoma.
So, if by “not elite” you mean over this very carefully chosen range of dates we are below 5 or 6 teams then I guess you’re spot on. But somehow, despite poor recruiting, nepo players and coaches, a head coach that doesn’t understand football and interferes with the assistants, assistants who suck, a qb that sucked out loud, a qb that just isn’t particularly great, no running backs, a defense that bottomed out last year, a refusal to use the portal, a refusal to use NIL, and a host of other complaints we are at the top of the “not quite elite” pile of college football programs.
We are either profoundly lucky or some of you don’t have any perspective of the game as a whole.
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Wait just a da*n minute
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So while us “dumpers” were clamoring DJU su*ked for 3 years and all the pumpers were saying “trust Dabo” now we go back and fully admit DJU was bad? Also, Cade is an improvement but as you say he’s not elite.
This falls squarely at the feet of the entire coaching staff going back to Streeter but ultimately landing at Dabo. DJU and Cade were highly touted recruits, by all accounts they should have been right up there with at least Tajh. But they weren’t, and that’s ok, it’s ridiculously hard to evaluate how an 18 year old kids play from high school will translate to college, and busts happen. But here’s where I have a beef, we didn’t move on! We spent 3 years listening to CDS praise DJU and we know what we saw, he su*ked. And it wasn’t just our scheme, he was no better at Ore St or FSU.
We have had 5 recruiting cycles since TL left and we have simply not done enough to improve our QB situation, whether it be via development, recruitment, or the portal. That is what’s so frustrating, and that is what’s unacceptable, and that’s why you’ve got so many people on here venting frustrations. The problems are clear, we just don’t do enough to fix them in a timely manner
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Re: Wait just a da*n minute
Sep 9, 2025, 12:40 AM
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Why were you screaming he aucked for 3 years when he left after 2 as a starter. And he certainly looked good in his back up season. Take a pill.
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Re: Here is the VERY simple summary of what has kept us from elite -
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I know you probably know this - but this has been the Judge Keller long-con for decade plus. Pump up the guy who sucks because it’s funny to watch us just accept be losers at basketball. He even used to command some authority on here in the basketball realm. Until he got busted blatantly lying about the circumstances surrounding a certain game, rage blocked half of TNet, and switched into the Dabo-bashing persona he’s maintained ever since after a brief hiatus. It’s a joke that he hasn’t been banned permanently. No user has more deleted / quarantined posts. But I guess the fractions of a cent each click he gets is worth debasing the place.
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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Good point. Good analogy. Yes, you can call out the ifs. But if one is going to call out the ifs, then one has to call out Dabo. The last several years he's used the if statements more than he ever has.
Point being, anyone that calls for Dabo to be fired should just be ignored. But what I see posted on the board is the posters that talk about our team needing to do better are lumped into the fire Dabo group.
Just like your post here is getting disputed and called out is just as bad as calling for Dabo to be fired. Double standards.
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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Amen, been saying that for a while now. Anything short of cult-like blind loyalty to Dabo without question is treated like heresy to the pumpers
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Dabo ain't going anywhere, theres about 7 people on Tigernet that say it over
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and over but they'll say that regardless of his record. Position coaches are always in question but Dabo will go when he's ready to go.
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Im checking in late today. Are there really numbskulls suggesting we
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Surely we don’t have that level of ignorance?
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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All the talk about "Firing Dabo" is comical to me. I'll bet my entire net worth that Clemson University will never fire Dabo Swinney! He can, and will, remain Head Coach of the Clemson football team as long as he wants to. I get it; it allows some of you to "vent your spleen." If that's what it takes for you to feel good about yourselves, go for it. But don't be delusional. Dabo is our Coach and will be until he is ready to retire. Go Tigers!
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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I'm laughing at the prospect of Graham Neff firing Dabo ........ that ain't happening as long as Dabo wants to stay here.
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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You think we would ever fire Dabo when we have constantly renewed Brownell’s contract for doing nothing. The insiders love Brownell and when we had the opportunity to pick up the coach now at Louisville they said no.
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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Sep 8, 2025, 5:31 PM
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Pretty much nailed it Tug!
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I not saying fire Dabo
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Sep 8, 2025, 5:57 PM
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But his job description changed when the college football landscape changed. Before now he could bring in 5* kids consistently, mentor them and ship them off to the NFL. He could do that because parents knew they could send their kids to Clemson and Dabo would keep them out of trouble until they got their shot at millions in the pros. Thanks to NIL that’s all changed. They don’t need Dabo and a “safe” program anymore because they don’t need the NFL to make their millions anymore.
So Dabo’s job has changed. Now he has to figure where he’s going to 40 million for a new QB or RB.
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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Sep 8, 2025, 5:58 PM
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You da man, Tugs!!! 🫡👍
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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Sep 8, 2025, 6:04 PM
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I couldn’t agree more! As I said in an earlier post I would back Dabo if we went 0-12. For a few years anyway, then AD. 😆
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Sep 8, 2025, 10:22 PM
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I do not get your post. Coach Swinney has faced criticism for poorly preparing Cade Klubnik and the Offense for the 1st two games. Only Chickens and fools have called or would call for Dabo's release this season. Your post makes it seem these very low percentage of fools have some level of credence.
I'll tell you where I do have a problem with Coach Swinney -- that would be the cornball virtue signaling and self-promotion. Reference the attached video titled "T-H-R-I-V-E in 2025". (e.g. "T" stands for togetherness. "V" stands for valor. And "E" stands for "enthusiasm" with some blah/blah/blah about community between God and the player (as it somehow relates to Clemson's 2025 team.) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6zPHULT-W3w
And can the asst coaches speak to the media? Asking for a friend.
Pulling for Dabo and the team. Dabo is brilliant when he's hungry, open with the Clemson community, and hard at work. With less virtue signaling, Coach can improve recruiting and development of high character players, focus on readying our most talented personnel for games, and prepare for each opponent. And win. That's where the fun is and that's why Dabo makes the big bucks. It's not the virtue signaling ... it's the nine conference championships and 2 national championships. Peace and love Tug ...
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
Sep 9, 2025, 12:18 AM
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Everyone's already roasting you for getting the record completely wrong. But I'd point out you don't need to pay $33,000 a day for a mentor for young men.
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Re: After Tom Osborne retired at Nebraska, the coach that replaced him won 58
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Sep 9, 2025, 8:55 AM
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games in five years. He had a 12 win season, several 10 win seasons, and nothing bad in between. He was fired because he always seemed to lose a big game, and he never got them back to the National championship. If they had hung in there, and not pulled the firing trigger to soon, he would probably got them back to the top of the mountain, look what Nebraska has done since then.
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Re: After Tom Osborne retired at Nebraska, the coach that replaced him won 58
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Sep 9, 2025, 11:22 AM
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I think there are a ton of coaches that could have good win/loss seasons and never win that big game that could never get them over the hump to be a consistent big win program... Dabo done it by defeating Bama when the other top SEC programs were going through down seasons...
Our Clemson FB fans can believe whatever they choose to believe but I personally believe that if Dabo and Clemson were in the SEC, Dabo could recruit some of the best players coming out of high school year in and year out and compete with any of the schools that are constantly getting players from the transfer portal over trying to sign the talented young guys just coming out of high school.
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Re: After Tom Osborne retired at Nebraska, the coach that replaced him won 58
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Sep 9, 2025, 1:50 PM
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AMEN!!
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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Sep 9, 2025, 11:04 AM
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Wooo I wonder where all this fire Dabo is coming from. I seriously hope that that's it's not coming from the ChestyPuller post from yesterday bc I read the post as being done in a joking manner.
https://www.tigernet.com/clemson-forum/message/fire-dabo-swinney-37315462
I will say that Clemson winning 9-10 games a season is expected in the conference that we play in bc the ACC and the Big 12 is without a doubt the weakest 2 conference in the 4 power conference leagues, and for me it's a tossup between the ACC and Big 12 as who is the weakest of the two, it depends on the year to year to which conference is the strongest of the weakest.
Before Bobby Bowden retired from FSU back in 2010, FSU was the team that carried the torch that Dabo and Clemson have been carrying the same torch that Bobby and FSU carried but Tommy Bowden and Clemson was following close behind up until Tommy was fired and Dabo took over as the HC of our Tigers and soon after is when Clemson with Dabo's leadership took over the top spot in the ACC.
Everybody should know that if Dabo was to leave on his own or be fired, Clemson would very soon after lose their position as the top FB school in the weakest conference of college FB. I will also say that being the top school in the ACC just isn't good enough to compete with the top FB school in the Big 10 or against the top FB schools in the SEC. IMO Clemson needs to get back to where we were when we were playing for the NC, and even better if the SEC and Big 10 isn't down the way they were when we were competing for the NC.
As I said yesterday in a post, it would be a huge mistake if Dabo left on his own or if he was fired at Clemson!!! IMHO, if either happen, Clemson will go back to being the Clemson that we were before Dabo Swinney, and I totally believe that, and we would stay there until another young hungry up and coming FB coach could be hired to take over as the HC at Clemson...
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Those who want to fire Dabo have no say in the matter.
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Sep 9, 2025, 12:01 PM
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Sucks for them to be miserable and helpless but that's their plight.
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But...but...but
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Sep 9, 2025, 1:06 PM
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my highly-evolved brain is telling me that during all Clemson football games, every offensive play should go for 5 yards+, every defensive series should end in a turnover, and every game should end with a win.
And every 50-yard FG should be a gimme. And every punt should pin the other team to their 1- or 2-yard line.
What all of this must not be is "hard."
Because we in today's America have advanced to the point of understanding that if something's hard, it's not only broken, it's borderline immoral, and those responsible should be fired immediately.
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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Sep 9, 2025, 1:34 PM
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I love Dabo but I do not think he is underpaid.
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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Sep 9, 2025, 3:37 PM
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This current team will be fortunate to win 8 games. That said, I'll still cheer for them and am neutral on Dabo remaining as HC or not (it doesn't bother me any way).
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trends.......
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Sep 9, 2025, 4:10 PM
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I don't want another coach. Dabo is my guy. But if we are stating facts, consider the path that we are on:
2020 to 2025- 51-17
2011 to 2019- 113-16
I had to go back to 2011 to get to the same number of losses this program has gotten just in the past five years. We are not the same program. Like I said earlier, I don't want another coach. I'm hoping he "rights the ship"
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Re: Do Not Fire Coach Dabo
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Sep 10, 2025, 1:27 PM
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Anything that's said with the word firing in it, it should say that Dabo should fire them all!!! Without Dabo Swinney there wouldn't be two added FB NC trophies in our trophy case, and I do feel that Dabo still has one or more NC trophies left in his tank as a HC!!!
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