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Rival Killer [2901]
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Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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Nov 1, 2025, 7:33 PM
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that the source of this malignancy in the program is the head coach. His decisions, and no one else’s, have put us in this position. Even if we finish with a losing season and absolutely crater, I seriously doubt he’ll make the extensive changes that will need to be made. I mean, he has to essentially change his ethos on coaching and make systemic changes from top to bottom. Even if he makes changes, his track record in hiring top talent has been miserable for quite awhile. And let’s face it, the desperately hungry guy from 2015 is long gone. He’s a country club guy with sporadic prideful temper tantrums.
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All-Pro [767]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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Nov 1, 2025, 7:36 PM
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Well put
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Orange Blooded [2484]
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how could he keep Allen after today?***
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Nov 1, 2025, 7:39 PM
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Top TigerNet [28409]
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Re: how could he keep Allen after today?***
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What if Allen could bring in his own staff and recruit his own players?
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Game Changer [1726]
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Re: how could he keep Allen after today?***
Nov 2, 2025, 7:02 AM
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For the last time , Allen doesn’t recruit . Does not leave campus to recruit at all.
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Campus Hero [13396]
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Re: how could he keep Allen after today?***
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Nov 2, 2025, 7:06 AM
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He has the same players this year as last year, with the significant losses being RJ Mickens (S) and Barrett Carter (LB). As for speed, Ricardo Jones is faster than RJ Mickens; Ricardo Jones also has a year of experience (albeit as a backup) before Tom Allen arrived.
Tom Allen is FOS to blame this year’s unmistakenly worse defensive performance (compared against 2024) on the players. The elephant in the room is our DC.
Tom Allen is a one year disaster. If Dabo had fired him after supper last night, then that wouldn’t have been fast enough.
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Playmaker [371]
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Re: how could he keep Allen after today?***
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Nov 2, 2025, 8:16 AM
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Who coaches the secondary and special teams????
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All-Pro [746]
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Re: how could he keep Allen after today?***
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Nov 2, 2025, 8:31 AM
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Apparently nobody.....
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Gridiron Giant [15506]
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Re: how could he keep Allen after today?***
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Nov 2, 2025, 4:28 PM
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Mike Reed coaches the secondary. We need to cut him loose. He’s just going through the motions, he’s been here along time.
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Redshirt [98]
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Re: how could he keep Allen after today?***
Nov 2, 2025, 8:40 AM
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Wrong, look at the stats. The defense is giving up less yards and points per game than last year
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Gridiron Giant [15506]
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Re: how could he keep Allen after today?***
Nov 2, 2025, 4:35 PM
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Tell that to Duke, the put up 439 yds on us, 361 yds passing. They moved tbe ball at wii.
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Fan [39]
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Re: how could he keep Allen after today?***
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Nov 2, 2025, 9:25 PM
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You cannot replace experience. Mickens played a ton of football. How do we know if Jones is faster exactly? Mickens looked pretty fast on that int return versus Texas. This new defense is aggressive and puts the defenders in one on one coverage. Allen needs to numb down the aggression and implement zone coverage and zone blitzes if he wants pressure. Saturday the best bet was to play back and make Duke have long drives giving up the short stuff. The secondary is a disgrace right now.
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Orange Immortal [62359]
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National Champion [7828]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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I was late to the realization. But I’m sick of the same old bs with nothing changing. But we are a disaster and it’s all due to him. There’s no excuse for the team we put on the field this year and the changes need to be deep.
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All-Pro [723]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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Nov 2, 2025, 4:12 AM
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Total staff make-over. Only keep Coach Luke
and Coach Allen, possibly Riley with those
coaches choosing their staff. Coach Swinney
go out and hire an experienced Special Teams
Coach don't combine that with some other coaches
duties, the money is there.
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Game Changer [1860]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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I believe Neff needs to hire someone to come in and form some sort of hiring committee. Someone not loyal to Dabo. The hiring committee will all work together to figure out who needs to be replaced with who with Dabo being on that committee but his vote outnumbered
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Commissioner [1297]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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Nov 2, 2025, 8:04 AM
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Seems to me in this NIL+Portal format of college football, you need to have a GM+Head Coach structure.
Someone has to focus on the business, while someone else focused on the field.
When the business was smaller, the AD was the GM.
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MVP [546]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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Nov 2, 2025, 10:49 AM
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Why does Luke get a pass? The offensive line has been horrendous all year. Probably our single worst position group.
Allen and Luke are the two guys that deserve to get fired the most imo
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Offensive Star [337]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
Nov 2, 2025, 2:35 PM
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Our O-line can’t run block. Their technique on running plays is absolutely horrible. They stand too upright, which gives them zero leverage. There’s a saying in football and wrestling: low man wins!
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Valley Legend [12772]
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agree with what you said w/ the exception of "most posters"......
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it appears that slowly but surely the "most posters" you speak of are trending toward the minority as it's too bright NOT to see by everyone at this point...........not sure what took them so long to see it b/c it's been there for 5 years.........better late than never I guess.
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Head Coach [952]
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And Taos kids making legit bank
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Nov 1, 2025, 7:40 PM
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W/o an coaching experience
It’s a grift at this point and our corn pone admin sanctions it.
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Valley Legend [12444]
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Huh?***
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Hall of Famer [8499]
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Re: Huh?***
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Yeah. Lost me at "Taos kids."
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Hall of Famer [8272]
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Some people are too drunk
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to use the voice recorder for posting.
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National Champion [7864]
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Re: Huh?***
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Hmm .. please share what you’ve been smoking..
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Head Coach [952]
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National Champion [7864]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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Before today, we were 134-0 at home, when scoring 45 points or more. We’re now 134-1 …. dump the friends and family, hire experienced coaches and adapt to todays game … or just keep fading away to self imposed extinction… no one cares about fun time around the campfire at $11.5 million a year …take down the friggin’ slide …
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Gridiron Giant [15601]
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Who are the friends and family?
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Nov 1, 2025, 7:51 PM
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You talking about Spiller and Grisham?
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Hall of Famer [8640]
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Seriously? Just go through this list
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Nov 2, 2025, 8:24 AM
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https://clemsontigers.com/clemson-football-family-staff/
Grisham, Richardson, Spiller, Conn, Boulware, and McDaniel.
Half of our coaching staff is getting its first coaching gigs in college at Clemson. That is not how you build a program. They need to go cut their teeth somewhere else without Daddy Dabo to watch over them, then they can come back and coach here. Ala Eason.
I’m not even gonna go through the support staff list. It’s embarrassing. Like 2-3 of the 21 have any coaching experience at all.
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Gridiron Giant [15601]
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Thats pretty comical guy.
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Nothing wrong with the WRs. Teeth are cut.
Nothing wrong with the RBs. The strongest part of the program in the struggling DJ and Cade years. Teeth are cut.
Nothing wrong with the TEs. Teeth are cut.
Conn has coached safeties thru the natty years. Coaching hasn’t changed. Teeth are cut.
Eason is experienced and Eason and Dabo never knew each other before hiring him away from Auburn. Teeth are cut, and this isn’t a “friends and family” hire anyway.
Reed coaches the secondary and has been here thru the natty years. McDaniel is not the reason for DBs losing receivers. Coaching hasn’t changed. Teeth are cut.
Not sure yet on Boulware.
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Ultimate Tiger [35931]
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Re: Most? I'd say the percentage is smaller than that. Assuming Furman is the
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only winnable game left on the schedule, I'd say that percentage will drop to a tiny % of all posters by season's end.
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Paw Warrior [5044]
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Re: Most? I'd say the percentage is smaller than that. Assuming Furman is the
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Fitting that our last home game is a purple out, vs a team who’s primary color is purple. Lack of planning and foresight permeates all levels of the program at this point
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Valley Legend [12444]
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Re: Most? I'd say the percentage is smaller than that. Assuming Furman is the
Nov 1, 2025, 8:37 PM
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Pretty sure they knew it didn’t matter.
The color of shirts won’t have any impact on the game.
However…judging by the lunatics on this board, what is most likely is Clemson “fans” will actually be cheering for Furman.
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Offensive Star [346]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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that the source of this malignancy in the program is the head coach. His decisions, and no one else’s, have put us in this position. Even if we finish with a losing season and absolutely crater, I seriously doubt he’ll make the extensive changes that will need to be made. I mean, he has to essentially change his ethos on coaching and make systemic changes from top to bottom. Even if he makes changes, his track record in hiring top talent has been miserable for quite awhile. And let’s face it, the desperately hungry guy from 2015 is long gone. He’s a country club guy with sporadic prideful temper tantrums.
Amen. Best post of the day.
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Gridiron Giant [15601]
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So heres whats going to happen, regardless of how we finish.
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1. Dabo will be back.
2. 2-3 assistants will not be back
3. We will continue with one of the nations strongest NIL programs.
4. For the first time in a while, we will have high attrition instead of the normal best retention in the country. We will sign 5-10 portal guys, because we actually have holes and needs.
Are these the things you’re seeking?
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Top TigerNet [28409]
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Re: So heres whats going to happen, regardless of how we finish.
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You may be right and if all he makes are incremental changes, the results next season may well seal his fate.
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Varsity [125]
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True.
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He's also untouchable too due to the buyout. This is going to get really bad, worse than it is now if that is even imaginable.
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Clemson Icon [24847]
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Oh my, this will not be popular. But you're 100% right. Well done.***
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Offensive Star [349]
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He will either make the necessary changes
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Or he will be gone. Simple as that
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Clemson Sports Icon [54041]
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I dont think Dabo knows what the necessary changes are.***
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Top TigerNet [28409]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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He has made a lot of missteps and miscalculations since our glory days all wrapped around some pride and arrogance.
Having said this, I do think he has been appropriately humbled. Now the question is, can he bring himself to tear everything down and build it back up or is he just too far gone to deal with it?
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All-Pro [723]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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slwcu79, Coach Swinney is not humbled yet, he may
seem to be but he's living in a different world
than most posters on TNet. His EGO is too BIG
to change and with pride and prejudicious leading
the charge Coach Swinney is bound to fall hard
if he does't clean house and choose a new road.
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I think the world of CDS
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But you are right. The atmosphere of college football today is in direct conflict with his personal philosophy towards life. The two are so far apart, there’s no way he can right the ship. I hate to say this, but it’s true. The game hasn’t passed Dabo by, Dabo refuses to play by the new rules. We will not field a formidable team for many seasons simply because we can’t afford to forcibly part ways with Dabo and he’s not stepping down. Why would he? We had a good run with Dabo. We will be back one day, but it will be under a different head coach. Until then, it won’t be pretty.
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Commissioner [1246]
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Fair.
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The only point on which I would disagree is the idea that he doesn’t hire top talent—he does. His primary flaw is that he doesn’t allow them the freedom to bring in their own coaching staff. Instead, he tends to retain inexperienced coaches. That’s my main critique of him, along with his strong loyalty to senior players.
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Game Changer [1860]
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Re: Fair.
Nov 2, 2025, 5:19 AM
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That and the fact he thinks all players he recruits are better than talent in the portal
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Orange Blooded [2546]
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Re: Fair.
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His primary flaw is that he doesn’t allow them the freedom to bring in their own coaching staff. Instead, he tends to retain inexperienced coaches.
Great point. While I admire his desire to mold and develop players through the program, doing the same with the junior coaching staff handcuffs the coordinators.
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Offensive Star [337]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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I really wonder if there’s anybody in the AD building that will talk to him about what’s going on. Does he have someone that he can count on to be honest with him to whom he will listen?
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Gridiron Giant [15813]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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Head Coach [928]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
Nov 2, 2025, 6:12 AM
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I hope you are wrong. How we finish and what happens immediately at that point will define the future with Dabo.
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110%er [3811]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
Nov 2, 2025, 8:10 AM
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The uncomfortable truth is we don’t have the jimmys and joes. Recruiting? NIL? Portal? Pick your poison.
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Tiger Spirit [9407]
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We have plenty of talent to beat syracuse and duke
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We lack competent coaching, period.
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Commissioner [1297]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
Nov 2, 2025, 8:14 AM
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One of the best examples of what needs to happen at Clemson is on display at Vanderbilt. Difference is that the infrastructure is in place here to sustain that production if Dabo or a new coach can make the necessary changes.
Vandy coach cleaned house with his staff and go them focused on coaching. They are a fundamentally sound, well coached team and it shows!
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
Nov 2, 2025, 8:19 AM
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DABO says, Tom clean out whoever you want ..,bring in an entire new staff if you like. Do we keep TA then ?
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All-Pro [797]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
Nov 2, 2025, 8:23 AM
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cg, you nail it with VANDY
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Standout [225]
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He’s been lucky the last five or six years and we had a good enough defense to keep us in games. The ACC is too good for that now the offenses are too good and ours has not gained any ground but most of all he failed to acquire great defensive minds When he let butterball go from last year. That was all we had left. Everyone else had already gone to Oklahoma, and he didn’t replace them with top-notch defensive minds any top-notch defensive coordinator. I think one of his recruiting pitches may be hey if you don’t make it in the pros, I’ll hire you and make you a millionaire. And that is what has killed Clemson.
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Orange Blooded [2491]
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W***
Nov 2, 2025, 8:49 AM
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Orange Blooded [2491]
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Well said***
Nov 2, 2025, 8:49 AM
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Mascot [29]
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I will say the very things.
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I love about Dabo are the things that are now hampering the program. His philosophy of developing/discipling (players not unproven coaches) should be a perfect fit for the DNA of CFB. 18-20 year olds need it. I hate that is being pushed aside haphazardly by the NCAA.
With that said, if we want to win, that can’t be the main philosophy as OP said. Dabo may not want it because it just isn’t right in principle. If that’s the case, retire. We all know what he’s done, nothing to prove to me anyway.
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Clemson Sports Icon [54041]
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I think most people are accepting this reality you laid out.
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Some still want to blame NIL and the “big money schools,” using that to portray our program as one which can’t possibly be successful today, but that argument falls flat. I think these posters know that on some level.
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Redshirt [98]
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“ And let’s face it, the desperately hungry guy from 2015 is long gone. He’s a country club guy with sporadic prideful temper tantrums.”
I think there are three key problems for Dabo:
1. The NIL, revshare, transfer portal era does not suit his style, and he doesn’t like it. I get it. Most coaches don’t like it. However, he has never had a problem taking full advantage of the riches of modern college football to sign huge contracts. Bringing in 100 handpicked guys and helping them graduate and become better people is not an $11,500,000 million dollar job. The greed of coaches, including Dabo, contributed to the current model of college football. Either deal with the new landscape or give up the eight figure salary and go to the beach or back to commercial real estate.
2. Dabo has made some good hires and signed some good QB prospects in recent years- on paper. Allen and Riley had comparable credentials to Morris and Venables. DJU and Klubnik were five stars like Watson and Lawrence. Goodwin was a promotion from beneath a successful coordinator like Elliot. However, the results are vastly different. It’s like hitting eagles and birdies on the front nine and a bunch of bogeys on the back nine.
3. Dabo is not the same “mistakes full speed” or “D+ hire” guy as his first press conference as the interim. He was hungry and humble then with a lot to prove. Since the high points, though, he has become entitled and egotistical. He’s not as likeable as he was before the success, and the “All we have done is win” stuff makes it harder to want to defend him in tough times.
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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Nov 2, 2025, 2:52 PM
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I can't understand why they don't consider hiring you in his place with the extensive knowledge base you obviously have. How many national..no how many college victories have you produced?
Let's think for a minute about all the victories, the conference championships, the national championships Coach Swinney has produced. Not to mention that our team maintains the highest GPA and graduation rate in the country. I think my preference is to give the man more time. Definitely not ready to turn big decisions over to blowhards.
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Asst Coach [841]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
Nov 2, 2025, 3:18 PM
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Or, could it be most posters aren't missing your delusions and you are wrong!
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Paw Master [16159]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
Nov 2, 2025, 3:40 PM
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Not hiring Top Staff? Riley was a Top 3 OC hire based on many people's list. Tom Allen was Top 5 and many had him as Top 2 with Jim Knowles being #1, who went to Penn St from Ohio. Have you seen PSU's record this year? I think its the same as Clemson's. By the way, PSU was preseason top 5 just like Clemson.
Dabo has hired Steele, Venables, Morris, Riley, Allen which are all top hires. He made mistakes with Streeter and WG but he quickly moved on from them.
We will see if Dabo is all-in at Clemson by year's end as he will have to make big changes again. If he went to another school he would have to hire a complete staff so if he would have to do it there, he might as well do it at Clemson and see of he can fix the problems
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Mascot [25]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
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Nov 2, 2025, 3:55 PM
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People have been telling Dabo Swinney all his life, boy and man, that "you can't". All he's done is prove them wrong.
Underestimating the competitive zeal in that man is a serious miscalculation.
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Clemson Sports Icon [54041]
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Thats right, Dabo has never failed at anything in life.
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Nov 2, 2025, 9:31 PM
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He told us so.
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Hall of Famer [8531]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
Nov 2, 2025, 4:08 PM
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No, there are a lot of us on here that get it
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Head Coach [984]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
Nov 2, 2025, 4:12 PM
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The other dynamic here is the administration. They seem to have had enough, and Dabo has lost the credibility that allowed him complete control. The coaching hires and philosophical approach are no longer gonna be at his whim, because his whim has degraded what was once a great program. So, either he adapts and we improve, or he is shown the door. Idk how long the leash is, but it’s much shorter.
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Hall of Famer [8531]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
Nov 2, 2025, 4:41 PM
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Yeah, losing Home games to bad teams because your team is unprepared and uninspired won’t keep any coach around for long
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CU Guru [1584]
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A country club guy??? He drives a pickup for Christ's sake***
Nov 2, 2025, 4:44 PM
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Rock Defender [52]
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Re: A country club guy??? He drives a pickup for Christ's sake***
Nov 2, 2025, 9:22 PM
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Hmm…so all of you act like it’s Coach Swinney’s fault for making his salary. He is underpaid for all he has done for Clemson. Where were we before he got here?!!! 30 years removed from an unlikely national championship at the hands of Tom Osborne and the most dominant program in college football. You need to appreciate all the success we’ve achieved (at the hands of Nick Almighty )and realize that it doesn’t happen every year. We have vastly underperformed this year, and there are plenty of people to blame, but your constant whining and finger pointing are unbecoming of true Clemson Tigers. I’m especially amazed at how many of you posters have made every correct decision in your professional careers and would not surround yourself with people who have been vital in your success along the way. I guess loyalty means nothing in today’s world of win, win, win. Lombardi was wrong…winning is not the only thing. Relationships, loyalty, and perseverance are the only things. Good luck finding someone who can do more for this university than Dabo Swinney.
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Valley Legend [12413]
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"...he has to essentially change his ethos on coaching" - true. And also on
Nov 2, 2025, 9:34 PM
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recruiting - neither of which is going to happen. That's not who he is. The things that made him great pre-NIL and pre-portal work against him now. He can't change who he is and remain genuine.
I suspect he'll step down next year.
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Fan [39]
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Re: Most posters today are missing the uncomfortable truth
Nov 2, 2025, 9:39 PM
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I am just as upset with the results of this season as anyone. But people have got to calm down. When the team and Dabo made the right choices they were fantastic and lasted. Chad Morris was a great hire. Keeping Scott and Elliot to take over worked. Elliot alone got stale. Venables was great and stayed for a decade. Those were pretty good decisions. This year vis combination of personnel, execution, and coaching. i have faith in Dabo Swinney. All of us could never have seen that s happening before the season. Dabo will make the changes needed with players and coaches. He is not going to go out like this. He will go out a winner. So suck it up. We have won a lot of games the last decade and a half, this year is a bust. It happens. It hurts, but it will get better. This year is what it was like EVERY year for the majority of the 90s!
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