Re: If Clemson went 9-4, how many people would get fired?

Spiller and Boulware have been liabilities on the recruiting trail, although Spiller has done a decent job developing our backs, not so much for Boulware. I'd start there. Riley does not have the Oline to run his system, and that has most likely to do with Thomas Austin missing on, count them, 24 recruits at O-line, leaving us what we have. Matt Luke has made improvements here. Give our QB's an extra 1/2 second to throw when there is a pass rush and we are gashing defenses. We are also not getting any push in the running game, which is sad considering how much production we returned.

Those calling for Riley's head do not know what they are talking about. Either we play a vanilla scheme, or we are asking too much out of our Oline, which was the case against SMU. BC and UNC did not have the speed at the end to exploit our obvious weaknesses up front. FSU and Duke will. Louisville is god awful on the Dline, but they will kill us with big plays on offense. I am not sure what is going on defense; the effort has not been there, and we have had far too many busts in the secondary, which likely has less to do with Mike Reed and more to do with playing more Zone coverage under Allen. He should capitalize on what we have, hopefully, we play more man coverage moving forward.

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Re: my barely informed 2 cents..

Oct 26, 2025, 11:56 PM [ in reply to my barely informed 2 cents.. ]

Do you think it’s all Clemson’s fault and the coaching staff as well for Miss on so many recruits. I find that hard to believe. I never happened until NIL became the standard.

Saban has brought it up several times about the damage NIL has done to college athletics. I wonder how many recruits we lost because of money 💰💰💰💰💰💰. I can’t see Dabo being able recruit at an elite level then going brain dead when it comes to recruiting and coaching. NIL had to have played a roll in at least 50% of our recruiting loses !!!

Before Sabin announced his retirement after his last game he talked about players and recruits asking about how much money they were going to make the next year. After Terri Saban’s experience with a bunch of greedy moms who continued to bring up money during the recruiting visit to Bama and the Saban’s house for breakfast. Exit Nick Saban.

It was not to long after that recruiting visit that Saban announced his retirement.

I honestly believe Dabo’s love for Clemson and not wanting to leave a program he built in chaos are the reasons he is putting his heart and soul into Clemson. It has to be even more difficult when fans have turned on Dabo so quickly and so many spiteful comments directed at Dabo and his ability as a coach.

Gotta admire Dabo for trying to get the train back on the uphill track 🐅🐅🐅👍👍👍

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If Clemson went 9-4, how many people would get fired?