Re: Post your fix for Clemson football here.

Post your fixes for Clemson football here.

colberttiger® · 2025-09-22T15:53:40.472Z

At this point the problems are to numerous to list. What all changes do you want to see made this season? Message was edited by: colberttiger®

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As posted many times.

Sep 22, 2025, 12:42 PM

You better start recruiting at an elite level for high school kids. We do not. We recruit well, but not good enough to keep up with the programs we are really trying to compete against: Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, Texas, etc., etc.

Talent isn’t our only issue …but we don’t have the number of high-end kids, nor the depth, that we used to. Don’t believe me, look at the results when we play these high-end programs the last few years. It’s generally not even competitive anymore. You can see the difference in talent/size when the teams take the field. Do you see the difference when we play Georgia? When you are at field level …do you see the difference in size and speed?

We need to use the portal more and be serious about it. Not a ton…just sprinkle it in like our competitors do (4-7 kids yearly). The misguided idea that using the portal is somehow going to hurt your culture is entirely incorrect. The same kids you don’t want to recruit over are leaving you anyways… your culture isn’t keeping them anymore…time to adjust. Again, you cannot prevent having open slots each year. Yet, we would rather fill the open slot with a two star that we sign at the very last minute as opposed to a proven producer from a major conference wanting a new start. None of the four transfers we took this year have hurt team chemistry or culture. The number one thing that kills culture is losing; particularly losing when it’s completely self-inflicted due to poor decisions.

Money isn’t the issue…. it’s the refusal to spend it based on someone’s philosophy that it is somehow untoward even though the current rules allow it.

A change in the strength and conditioning program should’ve been made several years ago. Batson is a great guy and has done a very good job, but it’s past time move forward here. Again, another decision that was slow walked.

Do know, changes have been made. Remember the refusal to allow summer official visits until the results got so poor that not changing was no longer an option.

CDS knows what needs to be done….but is reluctant/slow-walks to go all in on it. You will always be disappointed in the results when what you are trying to do is impossible. We literally play the modern game with one hand tied behind our back….on purpose! Why?

I get it, in an ideal world, Dabo’s way would work perfectly. It doesn’t anymore. I will leave everyone with this quote that is true in dealing with most facets of life:

https://x.com/MaseDenver/status/1429152203453788164

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1. Let Garrett Riley implement his own offense, and not be relegated to learning and running the Clemson offense.

2. Stop the favoritism and nepotism. Go get some real position coaches and analysts/assistants. It’s great that you are so dedicated to your former players, but current player development should be a priority.

3. Learn how to tell guys it would be best for them to hit the portal. You can’t be afraid to shed some of these upperclassmen who haven’t panned out, to make room for young talent.

4. You have no dawgs on this team. Remove the restrictions from your recruiting profile. I don’t see enough Nuk Hopkins, K’Von Wallace, Shaq Lawson, DW4, etc… type backgrounds on this team. Your team is full of suburban or rural kids from financially stable two parent homes. It’s the talk of barbershops all over the upstate of SC. I get an earful of it every time I go back to my hometown to get my hair cut.

Post your fixes for Clemson football here.

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