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TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 7:11 PM
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Irrefutable evidence that Dabo reads Tigernet***
Sep 25, 2022, 7:15 PM
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Re: Irrefutable evidence that Dabo reads Tigernet***
Sep 25, 2022, 9:27 PM
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That's what I was going to post. 30,000? members in here and a few hundred at most post regularly and a LOT(?) of people wanted DJ to fail?. I don't think many at all want to see him fail. Most complainers were spoiled from DW and TL and couldn't and still can't accept DJU needed and still needs some development and time to deal with the plethora of issues at every offensive group. They'll all improve together.
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Re: Irrefutable evidence that Dabo reads Tigernet***
Sep 26, 2022, 9:31 AM
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Poor choice of words from Dabo, but in his defense, he probably hears a LOT of extreme opinions during the week, even if they are just shouted at him while he is riding his scooter.
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Re: Irrefutable evidence that Dabo reads Tigernet***
Sep 26, 2022, 10:15 AM
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I don't think that any real Clemson Tiger wanted to see DJ fail, but there were a lot of real Clemson Tigers that wanted to see him do what he was offered a scholarship to do, and do it successful, and there were 13 games last season that all Clemson Tigers saw that DJ wasn't doing a very good at all. If not for Brent Venables and his defense last season, DJ's record could have easily been 7-5.
The 4 games that he has played this season, his stats has shown improvement, but his first ACC game was against a 1 and 3 GT team with their only win was against Western Carolina, so that leaves very little to go on even with improved stats with the other 2 games being against Furman, and La Tech that most teams in the ACC would have beaten also. DJ's only challenge this far in the season has been Wake Forest, where both QB's done well against both defenses that played like crap.
IMO, DJ still has a lot to prove, and the NC State defense still hasn't proved they are any better than ours or Wake's to this point even though they have beat what looks to be a good Texass Tech team so far this season. But if DJ is the improved QB that his stats points to at this stage in the season, we should beat NC State in DV.
But lets not declare that DJ is the most improve QB in the ACC, or that he is the best fit for our Clemson Tigers until he shows us what he can do against a good defense, and right now, it looks like that test could be against an improved FSU team!!! If we are undefeated after we leave Doak Campbell Stadium October 15th, I will be one of the first to give DJ a thumb up, and give him the credit that he will have due to him after a win at FSU, bc we all know that in the past, Doak Campbell had been a hard place to get a win until DW4, and Trevor Lawrence, and we haven't lost to FSU anywhere since they beat us 23-17 in 2014!!!!
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Re: Irrefutable evidence that Dabo reads Tigernet***
Sep 26, 2022, 10:32 AM
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Dabo is dead wrong here in that I don't think ANY TIGER wanted DJU to fail... I think that many did not trust Dabo, based on past experience, to make the decision before it cost the team a win... i.e. DW4 and UGA. In the end I think that everyone is getting what we wanted in that DJU is looking more like DJU did in his freshman year and not his sophomore year. And fortunately it did not cost us wins this year... maybe a couple of poll spots, but those can be regained as long as the defense starts looking like a Clemson defense.
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Re: Irrefutable evidence that Dabo reads Tigernet***
Sep 26, 2022, 10:32 AM
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There is no such thing as a real Tiger fan wanting to see a Tiger fail, not none bc, there is no such a thing. If they do, they are making a false claim as being a Tiger Fan bc a real Tiger fan can't form the word fail on their tongue towards a Tiger player bc it doesn't happen, and I have seen a lot of pissed off irate Tiger fan in my 60 years as a real Tiger fan, and I've never heard a Tiger fan saying they wanted to see a Tiger player fail, not in my life time!!!! What I'm hearing from you is, a Tiger fan feeling bad for DJ bc his play has been pretty crappy, and you're wanting to put the blame on other Tiger fans bc DJ has been failing himself, the fans, and his team. A Tiger fan would never wish for a player to fail for any reason bc, we understand that the players don't make up the playing roster, and when the coach says go play, they run out on the field, and do their best at that time!!!! There maybe fault somewhere, but it isn't the players fault if they don't do as well as we fans expect them to do, and that's not the fans fault either!!!
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 7:19 PM
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Maybe coots and bucknuts but not tiger fans.
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Irrefutable evidence that Johnstone329 doesn’t read Tigernet***
Sep 25, 2022, 7:22 PM
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Re: Irrefutable evidence that Johnstone329 doesn’t read Tigernet***
Sep 25, 2022, 7:26 PM
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You seem confused. Simply saying the obvious or wanting someone else to get a shot because of his poor play is not the same as wanting him to fail. Outside of a few coot trolls everyone is ecstatic he seems to have righted the ship
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Re: Irrefutable evidence that Johnstone329 doesn’t read Tigernet***
Sep 25, 2022, 7:44 PM
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You’re more of a JK fan than Clemson fan.
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Re: Irrefutable evidence that Johnstone329 doesn’t read Tigernet***
Sep 25, 2022, 9:06 PM
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And your more of a than a Clemson fan. No one is perfect and facts don’t lie,
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Are you drunk, Cobb?
Sep 25, 2022, 11:01 PM
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Also, it's you're, not your.
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Re: Irrefutable evidence - wanting Taisun P. to replace DJU
Sep 25, 2022, 8:01 PM
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TNetters were lambasting DJU's wardrobe and implying that he was a pimp. They trashed him as a hopeless project at QB. Clearly these (numerous) TNetters wanted him out of Clemson.
Maybe in the strictest sense those TNetters did not explicitly 'wish' for DJU to fail; they just wanted him to get the He77 out of Dodge. To most reasonable people, the 'fans' who wanted DJU to get the He77 out did not want to give him a chance to succeed.
Lots and lots of Tiger 'fans' were hoping that he would fail so that their 'hero' Taisun Phommachanh would save us. Many of these same 'fans' wanted DJU out of the way so that not-ready-to-be-1st-string-QB Cade Klubnik could be given experience while Clemson lost games along the way.
It's 'close enough for Postal Service work' to equate those piles of nasty-to-DJU fans as hoping that he would fail.
Now that DJU has played well, these same fans cannot own up to their short-sightedness.
But don't blame Dabo for calling out these 'fans.'
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Re: Irrefutable evidence - wanting Taisun P. to replace DJU
Sep 25, 2022, 8:50 PM
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Most Clemson sid not want Uiagalelei to fail. This is just more message board histrionics. In no way does saying "Uiagalelei isn't playing well" equate to "I want him to fail."
Dave himself even said the Uiagalelei had a bad year last year. He literally said "bad." Uiagalelei has worked hard and now he is playing well. There is nothing wrong with simply describing something that actually happened. What you just said is simply foolish.
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Re: 100% agree
Sep 25, 2022, 9:44 PM
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Yep.
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Re: Irrefutable evidence - wanting Taisun P. to replace DJU
Sep 25, 2022, 9:53 PM
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Maybe a few people were rooting against DJ. Certainly not me, and I’m not into social media nor do I get caught up in commentary by trolls, so I miss out on some of the more outrageous opinions. But as a Clemson fan, I just wanted a quick resolution to the QB situation — the last thing we needed was a bunch of “meh” performances that left it as a 50/50 call. So to see what DJ has done — forget last year, even from W1 to W4 has been a huge jump — is great for everyone around (yes, even Cade). Credit to the OL pass protection and the life the young WRs have injected as well.
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Re: Irrefutable evidence - wanting Taisun P. to replace DJU
Sep 26, 2022, 7:53 AM
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There was A LOT more said in here that just “Uiagalelei isn't playing well". “Fans” calling him trash, calling him Big Stinko and saying how he should never play another down at QB. If you didn’t see that you are simply not paying attention to what is being posted here. Predictions that we cannot win, won’t make the playoffs etc. with him as QB can easily be seen as expecting or maybe even hoping for his failure. What you said is totally inaccurate.
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Re: Irrefutable evidence - wanting Taisun P. to replace DJU
Sep 26, 2022, 9:16 AM
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There weren't "a lot" as you describe. Very few when you consider how many tnet posters and readers there are. Tnet doesn't reflect most of the fanbase. I'm very dissapointed in Dabo for even addressing it.
DJ has improved but he still has a ways to go before he's to DW4 or Trevor or even Hartman level. Discussion on his play or anyone else's play is exactly what message boards are for. Be a pretty boring forum if everyone got on here and posted 500 messages a day that said "go TIGERS, Dabo's God" which is what a lot of vocal posters seem to want.
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Re: Irrefutable evidence - wanting Taisun P. to replace DJU
Sep 26, 2022, 9:24 AM
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Clemgal - I agree with the majority of your posts and opinions and I agree posting opinions are exactly what message boards are for. I will just have to respectfully agree to disagree about what constitutes a lot in this case. Probably because I have very little tolerance for negativity and strive to keep it out of my life, so a little may seem like a lot to me. Again - opinions. And I am sincere that I enjoy reading your inputs here. Go Tigers! Dabo is not God!
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Re: Irrefutable evidence - wanting Taisun P. to replace DJU
Sep 25, 2022, 10:22 PM
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I know for me the best case scenario was for DJ to succeed. I really wanted that for him and for us of course. I am so happy that he has done what he has done all year really.
He is dropping dimes and the WRs are playing much better as well.
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But, I am going to admit that while I was there on the 50…
Sep 25, 2022, 10:43 PM
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…yard line in Truist Field, when Wake went up 28-20 and then the Tigers went 3-and-out, I got this sickening, nauseous feeling that the “old DJ” just re-emerged from hibernation.
And yes, I was sitting in the midst of a gob of Deacons giving me and the guy behind me a solid heckling.
Lord, am I glad DJ “showed out”!!
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 26, 2022, 6:41 AM
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I think dabo misread those tea leaves...no real clemson wants dj to fail...all want clemson to win and return to the natty...if dj had a failing grade it was probably not the fans fault...same fans were right about Davis and jake...this is just an opinion page, not the wrath of God!
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I disagree With "A Lot" of people wanting DJ to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 7:22 PM
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Don't get me wrong, I think a lot of people (myself included) thought he had peaked and wasn't going to improve but I just disagree with people rooting for him to fail.
I get where Dabo's coming from.
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Pretty sure most Clemson fans wanted DJ
Sep 25, 2022, 7:25 PM
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to go about 45-0 in his career and play 15+ years in the NFL after that.
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Re: Pretty sure most Clemson fans wanted DJ
Sep 25, 2022, 7:32 PM
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He’s our QB, period. Well go as far as he takes us. Let’s hope our D gets on track.
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Re: Pretty sure most Clemson fans wanted DJ
Sep 25, 2022, 7:54 PM
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As for me, I hope that CK puts intense pressure on DJ every day at every practice. Doing that will make both better players and that is what ALL Tiger fans want to see. I’m going to pull for CK every day to become a great player and I believe that he will. If bashing DJ makes him better then let’s do it. Go Tigers. Tropical storm... go away!
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Re: Pretty sure most Clemson fans wanted DJ
Sep 25, 2022, 9:02 PM
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Well, I want DJ, and Cade to get better at the same time. Nothing would suit me better than for both to be outstanding and ultra successful for our team. I'd like to have a QB competition that makes opponents "pick their poison", knowing that either one is lethal for Clemson opponents.
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Re: Pretty sure most Clemson fans wanted DJ
Sep 25, 2022, 8:57 PM
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Very hopeful that our defensive play finds its legs and gets back on track to dominate in the same way they have in the past. We are making progress, but we still have a ways to go to be what all of us want to see. I believe we get there, and I don't think we ever stop trying to get better!
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 8:09 PM
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I don’t think that’s true. I think fans didn’t want the football team to fail. In order to be an elite program like Alabama you have to perform at a higher standard than the previous season. I feel DJ has earned his position this year. But just like every other player that job can be lost according to performance on the field. The difference this season is we have a capable back up quarterback.
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 9:12 PM
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Cade is a very competent "back up" Quarterback, but right now, he is the back-up. Who knows what the future holds, but my wish now is that our Defense shapes up, fills gaps, plugs glaring holes and realizes its true potential to be elite, which is very attainable. I see a very bright future in fromt of our Tigers.
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There's really only been 1 issue on Defense, and that's
Sep 25, 2022, 11:11 PM
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that's 3 things: getting up big in a 3 day week then playing 2nd string against Furman, starters out galore against prolific passing teams in La Tech and Wake, and some young guys having a difficult time. That's it.
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 8:10 PM
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I don’t think that’s true. I think fans didn’t want the football team to fail. In order to be an elite program like Alabama you have to perform at a higher standard than the previous season. I feel DJ has earned his position this year. But just like every other player that job can be lost according to performance on the field. The difference this season is we have a capable back up quarterback.
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 8:11 PM
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I don’t think that’s true. I think fans didn’t want the football team to fail. In order to be an elite program like Alabama you have to perform at a higher standard than the previous season. I feel DJ has earned his position this year. But just like every other player that job can be lost according to performance on the field. The difference this season is we have a capable back up quarterback.
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Yeah, GT Furman, LA Tech and WF to name a few.
Sep 25, 2022, 8:13 PM
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Add in coots and those who wanted Clemson to tumble out of the rankings. Other than that, ALL Clemson fans were hoping DJ would be the second coming of TL16.
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 8:17 PM
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Dabo, I do hope you are talking about those people outside of Clemson. Maybe those people did, maybe they didn’t but if for one second you are suggesting that Clemson fans wanted him to fail, shame on you! I pre season backed DJ and looked silly for 2 solid games. Yes I wanted him pulled, we all did! DJ ain’t the problem Dabo. WR’s ain’t the problem Dabo. It’s coaching. And while I say that you must understand with no uncertainties that I Do NOT want you to fail. I want you to take the 10 million you make this year and lead us to the championship you promised because last year you failed to win the ACC for gods own sake!
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 11:03 PM
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Inlet you should be ashamed of yourself for talking down to Coach Swinney.
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That is a big ol load from Dabo....
Sep 25, 2022, 8:17 PM
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no one wanted him to fail other than non-Clemson fans...
Wanting production and improvement isn't wanting someone to fail...
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 8:19 PM
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DJ had A good game. He has not proven much yet.
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 9:54 PM
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I haven't read all of these posts, but I really wanted/want DJU to be a top 10 QB and get us back where we want to be. Saturday was an improvement. Now let's see if he can continue to play well and kep improving. I'm pleasantly surprised.
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Why is Dabo so worried about what everyone thinks?
Sep 25, 2022, 8:28 PM
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Our team is a shell of what it once was and all you want to talk about is how ungrateful and wrong the fans are all the time.
I’m grateful for seeing us win It all. I really am. I didn’t expect to see it in my life.
I’m not grateful for decisions just to go against the fans or what the media thinks because your ego is so big.
How about shut up and GO GET US SOME COACHES.
the product y’all are putting on the field is worth about $3,000,000. Not $15,000,000. I’m cool with the current state If this coaching staff takes HUGE pay cuts. We.look like a bunch of clowns with 2 amateurs at coordinators
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yeah his constat need to whine about fans who
Sep 25, 2022, 9:21 PM
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have legit questions about questionable coaching decisions and lack luster play is asinine..perhaps he should worry more about our swiss cheese defense getting fixed by the man he hired for the job who he said was more than capable to replace venables
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Re: yeah his constat need to whine about fans who
Sep 26, 2022, 8:59 AM
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Dumb post. If fans have the right to cry and whine and trash the team, he has the right to fire back and defend his team and staff. People who don’t like it are obviously soft.
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I don’t see the problem I’m creating ?
Sep 26, 2022, 1:11 AM
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I’m a satisfied customer. I didn’t have high expectations for this team. We haven’t thumped any good teams since 2015-2018.
I didn’t think the defense would fall so fast but .. we got a guy that’s never called plays or coordinated before so .. buckle up?
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Re: I don’t see the problem I’m creating ?
Sep 26, 2022, 11:05 AM
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We beat No. 2 Ohio State in 2019. We beat No. 2 Notre Dame in 2020. You obviously believe you can assert there is some broad, long decline in our program. We have missed the play-offs once in the last seven years. How many years without making the playoffs before you are overtly calling for Dabo's head?
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Fans and alumni spend thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars
Sep 26, 2022, 1:16 AM
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They pay for the right to be critical. If you can’t stand the heat in the kitchen get out! This is all part of the territory.
Major college football is big business and the fans and alumni, the season-ticket holders, the IPTAY donors, the people in the stands and the people watching on TV are the clientele. If not for them there is no Clemson football, no Reeves athletic center, no $15 million contract for Dabo.
Clemson is like a publicly traded corporation and the fans are the stockholders. CEOs insulting the intelligence of and being condescending towards stockholders is not a smart business strategy.
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Re: Fans and alumni spend thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars
Sep 26, 2022, 10:49 AM
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If you think Clemson is "like a publicly traded corporation" because the fans effectively buy a seasonal seat license, you're off your rocker. He's trying to tell you that, despite spending thousands and thousands of dollars, you are actively undermining the program. You're just too stubborn to understand and feel entitled to lash out. Even that would be fine if your criticism had more than a speck of validity. But the social media cocoon allows similarly low iq individuals to validate each other's opinions and they only become more entrenched.
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Re: Why is Dabo so worried about what everyone thinks?
Sep 27, 2022, 6:30 AM
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Our team is a shell of what it once was and all you want to talk about is how ungrateful and wrong the fans are all the time.
I’m grateful for seeing us win It all. I really am. I didn’t expect to see it in my life.
I’m not grateful for decisions just to go against the fans or what the media thinks because your ego is so big.
How about shut up and GO GET US SOME COACHES.
the product y’all are putting on the field is worth about $3,000,000. Not $15,000,000. I’m cool with the current state If this coaching staff takes HUGE pay cuts. We.look like a bunch of clowns with 2 amateurs at coordinators
You sound entitled.....
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Not me!
Sep 25, 2022, 8:43 PM
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I’ve been defending him from the start. No doubt CK is gonna be great, but this is DJs job to lose. Big Cinco willed us to a win over an incredible solid and well coached wake team. I stand Big Cinco!
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 8:46 PM
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I’ll call you a liar to your face the majority of posters here that say they didn’t. Sure, some of you have a brain and pull for your own QB, but a lot of you hate the guy no matter what and that’s just disgusting and you are lying if you deny that.
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 26, 2022, 8:11 AM
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Many people were hoping it would be Traver Lawrence and Kelly Braynt situation, therefore, they were sort of expecting and maybe wanted DJ to not do good. Most people didn’t know and still would never know what Dabo knows about DJ and his team. I personally know some of Clemson fans who couldn’t stand DJ and now they are little surprised! I hope and pray DJ do really well here and out... Kade still is a great back up and hopefully he will do great for us when the callings come for him!! GO TIGERS!!
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 26, 2022, 8:11 AM
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Many people were hoping it would be Traver Lawrence and Kelly Braynt situation, therefore, they were sort of expecting and maybe wanted DJ to not do good. Most people didn’t know and still would never know what Dabo knows about DJ and his team. I personally know some of Clemson fans who couldn’t stand DJ and now they are little surprised! I hope and pray DJ do really well here and out... Kade still is a great back up and hopefully he will do great for us when the callings come for him!! GO TIGERS!!
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 26, 2022, 8:16 AM
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I’ll call you a liar to your face the majority of posters here that say they didn’t. Sure, some of you have a brain and pull for your own QB, but a lot of you hate the guy no matter what and that’s just disgusting and you are lying if you deny that.
Many fans wanted TL / KB situation to repeat or should I say like Dabo said; they wanted DJ to fail for their hope for CK to take over. No disrespect to those but I have a faith in our coach Dabo who knows DJ and his team. CK is still a great back up and he will perform well when his callings are coming in! Go Tigers!!
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I was at Wake Saturday pulling for DJ who had a great game
Sep 25, 2022, 9:18 PM
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DJ has really improved his confidence and long range accuracy when he is given time and is not moving left. 5 TD's! More impressive -- 0 INT's! A great win, and DJ, OL and receivers all stepped up big!
But I have no defensiveness in believing Cade Klubnik brings a higher long/intermediate term ceiling that will benefit the team. I would play Klubnik more. But I sure respect Dabo is the right man to make the best call for the Tiger team.
This week will be another big test, and Dabo has higher priorities than the QB position right now. I will be pulling pull for DJ and the Tigers as I have done since 1979. Go Tigers!
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Dabo has mastered the art of coach-speak and finding a way
Sep 25, 2022, 9:19 PM
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to get defensive. Nobody wanted DJ to fail, we just needed a QB to play better. That's all.
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 9:38 PM
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I should read the story before commenting but I am not Outside of Coots and Bucknuts, who doesnt love Dabo? He is a better man than coach and he is one heck of a coach. But, based on the headline, he's full of bunk on this one.
There are a few azzhats around here that think they are cool when they suggest DJ should have been kicked off the team or someone needs to be fired for a bad game or two. Those folks like to talk tough, might even have reached a place in life where they could and would fire someone for wearing the wrong socks to work, but they are definitely not what makes the world work and do not represent anything more than a fringe of the Clemson fanbase.
DJ, and the rest of the offense, gave fans (and analysts and gamblers...) plenty of reason to doubt his/their ability all of last season. But no one here (with any sense or representing the mainstream of Clemson fans) wanted to see DJ fail - thats nonsense. Most stated very clearly the wish that DJ would do well, but doubted anyone could so overcome their own shortcomings as to see us performing at the level we (like to) think we should play. But it looks like DJ did it and we are happy! We are happy for DJ, and happy as fans enjoying a still lossless record.
I dont want Dabo going anywhere and I (and many, many others) are thrilled by and for DJ. I hope the good times continue.
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 25, 2022, 11:21 PM
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Literally just read about 1/2 the other posts in this very thread. People crying about how much Dabo makes, his victim mentality, and calling DJU “dogsh*t”. We may actually have the worst fanbase ever.
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Re: TNET: Swinney says there were 'a lot of people' who wanted DJ Uiagalelei to fail
Sep 27, 2022, 6:35 AM
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Literally just read about 1/2 the other posts in this very thread. People crying about how much Dabo makes, his victim mentality, and calling DJU “dogsh*t”. We may actually have the worst fanbase ever.
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