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Gridiron Giant [15608]
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Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 9:54 AM
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Seems it comes up everyday - “Dabo is losing because he doesn’t use the portal”.
I think most people understand by now we don’t use the portal because we aren’t forced to use it. That is we have the very best player retention on the country. We’ve lost exactly one starter since the portal began. One. Every other team in the country loses more players to the portal, hence they are forced to use it to restock. We don’t have that issue.
When a team loses 10 guys to the portal every year then they are forced to go find 10 immediate replacements. We don’t have that issue.
Too it must be noted right here - just because you lose 10 and replace them with 10, that doesn’t just automatically make you better because of it, and in fact any of these teams could be losing more talent than they gain.
When you hear names during a game that are portal guys, that doesn’t mean team X is better just because player y made a tackle. It simply means you’re hearing his name because the team has 10 portal guys and you are bound to hear portal names. Even still, some may be better than the guy they replaced and some may not.
But back to us. We don’t sign a plethora of portal guys, simply because nobody transfers out and we have no room at the inn . That’s the main thing. Where would we put them? And keep in mind the great transfer guys aren’t leaving their current programs to be depth somewhere else.
So if we don’t lose anyone and portal guys don’t move to be depth, then what are we supposed to do?
The only choice in our circumstance is to literally demote starters or tell them to go play elsewhere.
So with all that covered, let’s say Dabo demoted or removed 10 starters. Who are the 10 starters you’d like to move out of the way and bring in some transfer dude who may or may not be better?
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Game Changer [1617]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 9:58 AM
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We may have lost one starter.
But every year we lose 6-8 players that aren’t starters that could give us depth.
So we are always young because we only take high school players.
And our depth is now challenged because our offense has been very inconstant even poor the last few years and we have too many close games against weaker teams and can’t get the backups valuable playing time.
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TigerNet Elite [70772]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 10:13 AM
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^^^ this ^^^
Dabo would usually get down to signing time and where we had missed on our targets, he'd fill out the roster with project recruits. That was cool last decade because they could bench for 3 years and then maybe develop and play 2 years. Nowadays, even though those guys aren't starters, they were being groomed to start, but as Mecklenburg said, they transfer out.
Fortunately with eliminating the 85 limit, we can get transfers 10-12 a year that have experience.
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Gridiron Giant [15608]
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So you think people want to come and be depth?
Sep 28, 2025, 5:18 PM
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Why even transfer?
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Gridiron Giant [15608]
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Re: So you want to build depth through the portal.
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Sep 28, 2025, 5:17 PM
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It isn’t all about NFL prospects. Which would you rather have? A 23 yr old OL guy from some MAC school where he did well, or a sophomore? The old guy isn’t a bad person to want a free year of grad school. He’s way stronger & way more mature, that’s the main difference.
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Gridiron Giant [15608]
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Well if we have some slots available and dont need a stater and the
Sep 28, 2025, 5:20 PM
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portal guy is willing to come and be depth, then okay. You reckon good players are transferring to be depth?
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CU Medallion [19088]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
Sep 28, 2025, 11:32 AM
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This is happening everywhere because of NIL and Indiana can lay a claim to be the #1 team since they beat Old Dominion, who beat VT, who beat WF, who beat FSU, beat Alabama, who beat Georgia. All yall crying about Dabo no changing with the game aren’t actually seeing what those changes are.
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Clemson Conqueror [11908]
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Rival Killer [2803]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 10:02 AM
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Why starters? Why not the friends and family hangers on scholarship. Or the underperforming that are not developing into backups. Then replace from the transfer portal to build quality depth.
Also we are not getting them on campus now like we use to. If they don’t arrive you sure can’t retain them.
Things are not set up for success as we move forward.
Dabo must adapt and figure out how to address and fix.
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Gridiron Giant [15608]
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Ok so your idea is to tell guys to leave so we can take a chance
Sep 28, 2025, 5:21 PM
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with a portal guy who understands he’s not going to start?
How many good portal players want to be depth?
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Orange Blooded [2108]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 10:12 AM
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The issue is Dabo is hell-bent on bringing in freshman and developing them over 3-4 years vs. bringing in guys to be there for only 1, maybe 2.
There are plenty of guys in the portal that are hungry. They were under-recruited out of high school, got better in college, and are looking to make the leap up to a Power Conference team (T. Smith), or go from a place like Purdue to Clemson (W. Heldt).
But Dabo would rather recruit 18-20 high school kids instead of 13-15 HS kids and 5-7 portal guys. We're replacing juniors/seniors leaving school with freshmen that need developing and not knowing if they are ready. Meanwhile, our competitors are replacing their outgoing players with more juniors and seniors that are looking to make a splash and can come in and make an impact right away. Our coaching staff is spending time and effort waiting on a guy to add weight, learn the ins-and-outs of college, sit behind an older player and earn their playing time, and all the things that freshmen/redshirts must do.
After 3-4 years, we're a Top 5 team with players that are supposedly NFL ready, with the hope that they can take the next step and be a title contender. How'd that work out for us this year?
More importantly, what about next year? What do we have to replace these NFL guys? More freshmen and sophomores that have virtually 0 college experience. Is he all the sudden going to use the portal to bring in 10 guys to replace all our outgoing players? Is he going to drag his feet through the portal and some of the guys we need are going to slip away because he didn't act quick enough? You can't recruit the portal the same way you recruit HS kids.
Dabo's stubbornness is going to lead to his demise here. He must change his philosophies. He did it right in the 2010s. He was the perfect coach and fit for us. But times have changed and he's stuck in his ways. He either needs to adapt or step aside and let us go find someone who can lead us in this new era.
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Legend [6887]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 11:34 AM
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This sums it up☝️☝️
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Gridiron Giant [15608]
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We may need to seek some starters in the portal this year,
Sep 28, 2025, 5:24 PM
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but only because there will be a good bit of starting attrition.
Otherwise you’re suggesting we bring in guys to be depth. Hey, if a guy wants to come on and sit on the bench most of the time, then okay. I’m just not so sure there are quality portal guys who want to come and be pitted down on the depth chart. You think so?
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Gridiron Giant [15608]
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Are there really a bunch of hungry guys who want to be depth?
Sep 28, 2025, 5:31 PM
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Smith and Alexander are rare exceptions, and neither one of them has changed our program at all. Heldt was a starter at Purdue and we had a starting slot open.
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Varsity [122]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 10:43 AM
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Just because we don’t lose players to the portal doesn’t mean we can’t replace current players with better players. I know you’re stupid argument there’s not better players in the portal. Maybe not on paper but talent on paper doesn’t win you games. Arguably two of our best players are from the portal this year but probably not as talented on paper with what we already had.
I would get rid of probably 15 of the 22 starters right now without hesitation. This is referring to your last point.
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Gridiron Giant [15608]
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Ok Sandy Ill play your game.
Sep 28, 2025, 10:54 AM
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Name 10 players that we recruited and signed that we should tell to hit the bricks.
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Valley Legend [12775]
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why do you humiliate yourself like this?....
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Sep 28, 2025, 11:05 AM
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every year = open scholarships
step 1: take portion of said scholarships and hit the portal (ie don't use on incoming HS)
step 2: land the portion of scholarships in the portal
step 3: tell "homegrown country club kid" he's welcome to stay, but your starting job may be lost.
enough of the tip toeing around these scholarship lifers........these are paid athletes now (i hate it, but it is what it is)
Bottomline.................Clemson TALENT is not good enough and it hasn't been in 5 years now.
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Gridiron Giant [15608]
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No humiliation whatsoever.
Sep 28, 2025, 12:09 PM
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So you’re saying we should sign less from HS and utilize those scholarships for portal guys who know they’re going to be buried on the depth chart? So this type of portal dude isn’t a great player. He’s someone who isn’t playing at his current school and wants to go somewhere and play, we tell him “get in line”? And you think that will make us better?
Or are you saying lock current non-starters off the team and fill them with portal guys who want to be starters but won’t?
I’m with you on less family getting scholarships, but then again filling those guys with portal dudes doesn’t accomplish much either.
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Varsity [122]
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Re: Ok Sandy Ill play your game.
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Sep 28, 2025, 11:20 AM
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You are like dabo. You want to think what we have will get better but reality they haven’t. Record 1-3
List is shorter to list who I would keep
Woods
Wesco
Brown
Williams
Barnes
Lawson
The rest have not preformed to their hype not even close. Don’t care what they are on paper with today’s landscape go recruit players that produce
As far as freshman and sophomore don’t know because dabo never lets them play so I would have to assume they should be replaced. But realistically not going to happen so that’s why you take players from portal to give these guys competition and motivation
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Gridiron Giant [15608]
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So fire everyone but those guys Sandy?
Sep 28, 2025, 12:14 PM
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You jumped back into starters again. Since you did that, by your post, are you saying we should kick everyone to the curb but those guys? Can you try and pick 10 starters you want gone just to say “yay we’re using the portal”? Again Sandy, what guarantees can you make that kicking 10 starters off the team and and bringing in 10 new starters will make us better? You simply cannot guarantee that Sandy. No way no how.
Can you name 10 starters who you’d kick off the team just to fill with portal guys who may or may not do better?
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Varsity [122]
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Re: So fire everyone but those guys Sandy?
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Sep 28, 2025, 1:07 PM
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Yes. Feel like I was very clear. I said this is who I would keep. I don’t care what star they were when recruited. That doesn’t mean you produce. Remind you we’re 1-3 and realistically could lose 4-5 more. I don’t think we will but definitely not off the table. Back when dabo hired qualified coaches we took 2 and 3 stars and turned them into 5 stars. Since you have to be a former player to be hired now we have to go get proven players and that is where the portal comes into play
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Gridiron Giant [15608]
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Sandy, or should I call you Pat?
Sep 28, 2025, 5:28 PM
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It’s idiotic to think we should kick every starter off the team except for the guys you listed. Just idiotic, Pat/Sandy.
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Game Changer [1617]
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Re: Ok Sandy Ill play your game.
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Sep 28, 2025, 11:39 AM
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Dabos son on scholarship to start with.
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Letterman [172]
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Re: Ok Sandy Ill play your game.
Sep 28, 2025, 12:14 PM
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Most starters are.
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Varsity [122]
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Re: Ok Sandy Ill play your game.
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Sep 28, 2025, 1:09 PM
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Under performing and show no signs of improvement. Actually the opposite
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Game Changer [1617]
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Dynasty Maker [3391]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
Sep 28, 2025, 11:14 AM
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Name one school who replaced 15 starters from the portal and had any kind of success? Sounds like a good way to blow up your recruiting ability’s. When you recruit kids out of high school you have connections with them. You promise them an opportunity to compete for a starting role. Soon as you start kicking kids to the curb other teams will use that as a recruiting tool against us. Hey you can go to Clemson if you want, but remember first signs of underperformance and they are going to kick you to the curb. No team who has had any success uses the portal that way. They recruit good talent from high school and supplement 2 or 3 players that can actually help the team from the portal.
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Varsity [122]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 11:21 AM
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Yea because 1-3 want blow it up. Let me add 1-3 to very weak schedule
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National Champion [7195]
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"....we have no room at the inn ." Perhaps we should though***
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Sep 28, 2025, 11:21 AM
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Varsity [122]
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Re: "....we have no room at the inn ." Perhaps we should though***
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Sep 28, 2025, 11:22 AM
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Exactly
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Scout Team [88]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
Sep 28, 2025, 11:29 AM
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If portal players are so great why are they in the portal? I wish some of our so called fans would enter the portal.
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Paw Warrior [4602]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 11:39 AM
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My prediction is we will lose 12+ to the portal this year forcing Dabo to utilize the portal more than ever.
I can also see him finally telling several players it’s time to move on and he fleshes out the roster with transfers.
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Valley Legend [12775]
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can only hope.......I'll believe that when I see it.***
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Sep 28, 2025, 11:40 AM
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Game Changer [1617]
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Re: can only hope.......I'll believe that when I see it.***
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Sep 28, 2025, 11:42 AM
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Dabo is too proud and arrogant to admit he’s blown it.
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Game Changer [1617]
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Varsity [122]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 1:10 PM
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It’s not like the old days a lot of them don’t want to wait their turn but can start somewhere else
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 2:27 PM
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Tennessee 4-1, QB1 from App. St. Ole Miss 5-0, QB1 from Ferris St. Lots of good value players out there who don’t cost an arm and a leg.
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Game Changer [1980]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
Sep 28, 2025, 11:40 AM
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His approach is fine if those players are actually being developed.
The issue is that they aren’t.
The coaches he has on staff are capable of developing players to their maximum potential and that’s evident by the regression almost every single player on the roster has had.
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Game Changer [1980]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
Sep 28, 2025, 11:43 AM
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*Aren’t capable*
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Playmaker [381]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
Sep 28, 2025, 1:00 PM
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Yes, spot on.
I’m OK with Dabo’s desire to restock from high school if it works, and that requires development. The last 4-5 years have been a slow decline, and his way IS NOT working currently.
You want to be a development program?
GREAT. Hire coaches and a support team that can develop. Not an entire staff of buddies, family, former players, etc. Make sure they have coaching experience and a history of growing and developing talent. Right now, these guys on staff aren’t cutting it.
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Rival Killer [2998]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 2:00 PM
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Restocking from high school does not work
We will end up with a team of 18 to 22-year-olds playing against teams composed of 21 to 24-year-olds
Gotta use the portal.
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Game Changer [1980]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 2:12 PM
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It’s not really restocking if you’re developing the guys you bring in from HS. Once a group of guys leave, the underclassmen that you’ve developed will come in and take their place.
That’s Dabos idea and approach, which as I said, could work if you have coaches on staff to develop those HS guys.
Clemsons issue is Dabo has built a coaching staff completely incapable of developing players.
Almost every single dude on the roster has regressed during their time at Clemson.
Look at Mukuba. He blatantly stated that Clemson wasn’t developing him and it was evident in his drop in production from his Freshman year. He goes to Texas, gets properly coached and is one of the best safeties in the country last season and drafted into the league.
Clemson just doesn’t develop talent at the level they used to and it’s because of the inept staff Dabo has put together.
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Top TigerNet [28419]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
Sep 28, 2025, 2:29 PM
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But you do have to wait for the younger guys to have time to develop. And when you have gaps or you need quality depth, that is where you need to take a hard look at the portal.
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Game Changer [1980]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
Sep 28, 2025, 7:22 PM
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If that’s the case yes.
In this scenario, you still recruit at a high level out of HS and continue Clemsons trend of player retention.
If that’s what’s happening, those HS recruits will have at minimum a year to come in and develop and hit the weight room while the upperclassmen perform on the field. Then when they graduate out or leave, the underclassmen take over the PT, while the incoming recruits take the place of development and weight training.
But again this only works if you have coaches on staff capable of developing the guys on roster, which Clemson doesn’t.
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
Sep 28, 2025, 12:21 PM
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One thing I would add to all this...This current recruiting class has struggled to land a rb. When they miss on most of the high end guys they're goin' after that's a good time to start thinking transfer portal. Just spit ballin'.
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Rival Killer [2998]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Sep 28, 2025, 12:24 PM
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Mike4TigersNo1, you are playing with your food.
We don’t need to entertain any portal questions.
We need to own the portal.
College football is a professional sport. We need to get the best players we can get.
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Game Changer [1751]
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I don’t care about player retention if the players we are retaining wouldn’t be starting at other elite programs. You bring in guys that are proven and have them compete for spots. No other teams seem to have a problem with “not enough spots” because they don’t have people on scholarships that shouldn’t be
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Game Changer [1732]
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Re: Ok so lets entertain the portal question.
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Dead last in ACC man , enough with
The roster retention joke . We have a roster full of players that shouldn’t be here at this level . Again Dead last in ACC!!! Even you and your limited comprehension can understand dead last
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Gridiron Giant [15608]
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I wont ask you which starters we need to remove, because
Sep 28, 2025, 5:26 PM
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you’re an idiot dirt ######.
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CU Guru [1548]
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Ok bud let’s settle this once and for all…
You want to know what 10 starters to remove for portal guys? How about let’s check the entire roster bc… why stop at just 10?
You want to know who has absolutely NO business being on scholarship at Clemson? Well… Id tell you… but I’d rather show EVERYONE.
Now… will every person agree with every name? Nope and that’s fine… this is my opinion but I guarantee most will agree with 90% or more of this.
So….
QB
Chris Denson
Brock Bradley
RB
Keith Adams
Jarvis Green
Jay Haynes
Paul Streko
WR
Cole Turner
Juju Preston
Parker Fulghum
Chase Byrd
TE
Josh Sapp
Olsen Patt-Henry
OL
Rowan Byrne
Tucker Kattus
Mason Wade
Watson Young
Ronan O’Connell
Gavin Blanchard
Hayes Galloway
DL
Zaire Patterson
Jaheim Lawson
Markus Dixon
JR Hardrick
Cade Denhoff
Caden Story
Makhi Williams-Lee
Kameron Cody
LB
Wade Woodaz
Drew Woodaz
Kobe McCloud
Dee Crayton
CJ Kubah-Taylor
CB
Jaedyn Lukas
Myles Oliver
Shelton Lewis
Brandon Strozier
Marcell Gipson
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Kylie Griffin
Rob Billings
Misun Kelley
Joe Wilkinson
Jakarrion Kenan
That’s 42… let me say that again… THATS 42 scholarships being taken up by average or worse players. That’s literally half the roster under the 85 limit. I know we’ve gone to 105 I’m just saying bc the 105 is brand new.
People wonder why we’ve fell off a cliff and how so fast? This is your answer.
Now some of these are incoming freshmen for this coming class but I’m saying those few shouldn’t have even been considered for Clemson much less us actually offering and taking the commit.
Really look at this list… even if theirs 10 guys you could argue for… that still leaves 32 guys on a roster that have no business being there. That’s over a third of the roster using the 85 limit.
You’re telling me we couldn’t have replaced these guys over 2/3 years time with better hungrier and more developed and college ready players?
Just like your… “it’s the QB and the QB only” BS… you’re going to lose this argument to.
This is a business now. Get rid of these scrubs after every season bc we can do better in the portal. Go to them and be honest bc it’s not helping the kid either being at Clemson above his weight class.
Nothing personal against any name on this list but the bottom line… you’re not good enough to play football at Clemson. Sorry but the truth hurts.
This is why our team has gotten so bad so fast.
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Sep 28, 2025, 3:03 PM
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Then… throw in the friends and family coaching hires with literally no experience anywhere else and wah lah… you get 1-3 and worse is coming.
Put this list together with the list of unqualified coaches…
People… it isn’t hard to understand why what’s happened… has happened.
Some of us seen this coming years ago and now it’s here and everyone wants answers.
When you combine this list with below average coaching… you get zero development. That’s why none of our guys develop and get better year over year. We got average to below average coaches trying to develop half a roster of average to below average players.
I love the people that scream… “stars don’t matter” lol.
They absolutely matter bc the better a guy is in high school the less distance he has to go to develop and reach max potential. Maybe if we had a roster full of 4 and 5 star recruits we could cover it up better like we used to.
But now we have a roster where half aren’t good enough to play at Clemson. So the coaches now have a longer distance to go to develop them.
This isn’t rocket science yall.
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Sep 29, 2025, 2:31 PM
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Life was so much easier when Clemson had D4, Christian Wilkins, Dexter Lawrence, Tee Higgins, Ettienne, Trevor, etc... We hear that the fans are the ones who are now spoiled, but I think the coaches are also in that bucket. We always heard how hard it is to climb the mountain, because it is! But you have to keep doing what got you there instead of falling into old routines
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Sep 28, 2025, 4:56 PM
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Give a rebuttal. One not based in “bUt OuR rECoRd is good”
Give me next year’s starting lineup. O and D
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Gridiron Giant [15823]
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Sep 28, 2025, 5:27 PM
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if you are not bright enough to know what a roster dump like that will do to immediate and future recruiting, you're completely nuts. We have been loyal to people in the past like xavier thomas and worked through his troubles/injuries, he, in return remained loyal to us.
This dude has the teams LEADING tackler on his dump list! That isn't even ice temperature IQ level. I also see freshmen who haven't gotten on the field yet on the list... cfb is a developmental game!
The coach will give you the lineup when he knows it...
no context is needed for my reply, the post was just what I said it was.
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CU Guru [1548]
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Sep 28, 2025, 6:17 PM
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And theirs your problem right there you moron.
Just bc Woodaz is the teams leading tackler doesn’t mean he’s good enough to be here bc he’s not.
Every sorry team has a leading tackler… a leading passer… a leading rusher and so on.
And you think that makes a player “good”?.
Lol you call me restarted but that’s as simpleton an answer as I’d expect from someone who has no clue what they’re looking at.
Wade Woodaz is not good enough to play at Clemson. Period
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Gridiron Giant [15823]
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Sep 28, 2025, 8:45 PM
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then you are insane, if the leading producer is on your cut list, then just never, ever comment on football again.
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CU Guru [1548]
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Sep 29, 2025, 1:23 PM
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Lol bud you have zero clue about football.
Zero zilch nada.
It’s not even worth conversing with you anymore bc you are completely unequipped for this battle.
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Ah. You’re right, I jumped to a conclusion that you think they are all future stars and the portal has no answers. Carry on
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Head Coach [928]
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Sep 28, 2025, 3:34 PM
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I answered this exact same question you have in another thread you spoke about it in.
The question “ok who would you kick off the team to add 10 portal guys?” Is ridiculous. I say that because if this question were asked last year and I said “Heldt and that WR from that no name school” you would have laughed. But here’s the truth: Heldt replaced several would be d ends. Like Lawson. Who, if you listen to Dabo is just a special athlete at the position. Also according to Dabo after the spring that no name school wr was special and could contort his frame and make wide radius catches. If he was right, Tristan is just not as good as Cole Turner.
That was a joke. Tristan in his limited time has shown promise.
Now, if Dabo was just being nice about Tristan and he’s not good enough to rotate in, why do you trust him about our second string players being special, blah blah blah?
As far as restocking w hs kids, he’s been terrible about the buddy scholarships. Now that it’s going to 105 and no walk ons? You trust him to replace ANY 2nd or 3rd year player (a developed one, now. Remember, THE reason he gives is that we are a developmental program) that transfers out with a high school kid?
I can’t answer your ten for ten question. I can say a 1 for 1 with Heldt and Tristan has worked out for us. It’s not our job to find that talent that will transfer here. It’s Dabo’s. He found Heldt and Smith. I’m certain he can do it 6-8 more times each year.
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Sep 28, 2025, 4:41 PM
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Too many sorry coaches kids or kids of friends on scholarship. Get rid of those and you have room to get portal players that can contribute instead of standing on the sidelines holding a sign and burning a scholarship. Quit giving out scholarships to kids that will not contribute.
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Sep 28, 2025, 5:19 PM
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It matters when your current roster player are not very good. Who cares if we retain them? Plus the friends/family and Daniel’s kids riding the line are just there for 4 free years.
Ole Miss QB was a portal, from D2, he is so far ahead of anything on our roster. Granted it is doubtful he would look this good with our staff.
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Varsity [140]
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Sep 29, 2025, 2:24 PM
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True on both accounts. Just because he wasn't a high school superstar doesn't mean he can't be better than the Clemson recruits. The next Josh Allen could walk in your door simply because he wants to move up from Wyoming but according to Dabo logic, we don't want him. Of course, the system may be what is causing DJU and Klubnik to struggle
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Varsity [140]
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Sep 29, 2025, 2:20 PM
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One thing we need to start understanding is that Clemson does not have the depth of the other top teams. Due to NIL recruiting, they are unable to land the same top classes they used to. The rich get richer. Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia,... they are getting those 5* and are bringing in starting transfers. Clemson is now faced with mid-tier recruiting combined with no transfers. You do the math
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