Re: Time to be brutally honest

ROYBus10® · 2023-12-13T05:43:19.916Z

I want you to be honest Do you personally think Dabo’s best years are behind him? Or do you see a return to the same level soon? This isn’t Friday Night Lights Dabo. Cade Klubnik isn’t Matt Saracen, and Dabo isn’t Coach Taylor. It’s not a storybook ending 100% of the time because you think you deserve a storybook ending. There are things about the cold hard truth that you must realize. I absolutely positively guarantee you that Saban and other coaches have very similar views and beliefs compared to Dabo. But they adjusted because they knew what was best for the team and the players. The players want success when they come to play college ball. Give them the keys to success.

Coach Swinney will continue to build a program that produces results on a consistent basis. Whenever you win the ACC Championship, I'd dare to say that those were not down seasons even if Clemson didn't go to the playoff.

The six best recruiters in the nation are now part of Dabo's staff.

1. Dabo - The magical golf cart ride with Coach Swinney is the closer for any recruit seeking a wonderful experience in their collegiate football career.

2. Matt Luke - Recruited well everywhere else he has coached. In particular, he draws offensive line talent which has been a weakness of Clemson football for a very long time.

3. Chris Rumph - has been known to recruit an amazing defensive line in his day. Just ask Alabama, Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. He recruited well at each of those programs and there was results on the defensive line at those programs.

4. Garret Riley - Who doesn't like this guy? Many talented recruits know and understand his offensive play calling style and actually prefer it. Expect to have many great QBs, WRs, and TEs during his tenure at Clemson.

5. Nick Eason - His name is a well-known name among defensive linemen everywhere. Whenever you receive a call from Nick Eason, you know that it's getting serious.

6. Mike Reed - He can recruit Safeties and Corners like nobody's business. I mean, this Defensive Back unit speaks for itself.

NIL tampering is about to be a thing of the past because too many well-known coaches are filing complaints with the NCAA. Soon the days of entering the transfer portal as a starter to ###### up a NIL deal will be long gone. Once the NCAA incorporates regulations on NIL deals, you'll see the portal become quieter save a few talented players looking for more playing time. Once this happens, the effects of NIL / Transfer Portal will be of little concern for a solid program like Clemson. I'm almost willing to bet that the NCAA will only allow NIL deals for Senior Players whenever the dust settles in the end. You will have a lot more players returning for their senior year as an incentive whenever this happens. Another factor that benefits Clemson.

Say whatever you will, but Clemson is here to stay despite having a down season. GO TIGERS!

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Dec 17, 2023, 10:21 AM

Saban has something Dabo doesn't, another 25 years of experience. Some of the hardest lessons in life have to be learned on your own. Saban spent a lot of his career working in the NFL with some of the greatest coaches the game has seen. Dabo might be slow to adapt in our eyes but it really is hard to argue with his hiring decisions on the whole. Every time he gets dinged for Austin or Grisham or Spiller, remember he handed the keys to Tony Elliot and Jeff Scott. Before then, he brought in a guy that was known as a high school coach after 1 season in Tulsa, Chad Morris.

Dabo isn't going to change his stripes but you better believe he is one competitive sombeech. He believes in opportunity b/c that is how his life has unfolded. That doesn't mean he's going to wallow in poor results from granting those opportunities. He moved on from Streeter and Austin. If Grisham and Spiller don't get better results next season, he'll move on from them, too.

As for the portal and how Clemson uses NIL as a recruiting tool, as long as education/going to class is a requirement for college athletics, Dabo and the staff are going to push degrees, not NIL. As much as Christianity is a core belief in his matrix, education is, too. If it bothers you that he pushes both of those things in recruiting, he's not your guy. You may want to move your fanhood. The portal is two fold. Opportunity and development are also part of Dabo's core. He's going to lean on those. His idea of a little spice and sprinkle to the roster from the portal are much different than mine. Until either the roster is packed at all positions and championship production returns or he goes out and brings in a difference maker to shore up a spot, I will remain frustrated with the use/non-use of the portal. If that's the only gripe I have with roster management, it'll be OK.

I don't know if this version of Dabo's Way will bring another championship or 2 or 6. I don't think his best days are behind him. I think it's a race between how college athletics evolves and how quickly and Dabo's desire to remain a part of it. Personally, I don't think he has any desire to be a part of NFL-lite. I think if that happens and Clemson chooses to be part of it, he'll leave and land at a school in a division of college athletics that doesn't pay athletes directly and at least has some guard rails around player movement, if that exists.

Sorry for so much honesty but that's what you asked.

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