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Saban Says Dabo Must Change
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Sep 21, 2025, 12:43 PM
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Former Alabama coach Nick Saban talking about Clemson's Dabo Swinney comments on ESPN College GameDay: "Dabo needs to look at what he needs to do in his program to be continually successful ... the game has changed -- you need to change with it"
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
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Sep 21, 2025, 12:44 PM
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I agree 100 percent.
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
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Sep 21, 2025, 1:46 PM
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Well Dabo and Mike4tigers know more than Nick Saban about coaching , Dabo will have him on here to argue with you about this asap .
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
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Sep 21, 2025, 2:18 PM
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“It's all about Cade; it’s that simple.”
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You see no issues with the defense?***
Sep 21, 2025, 2:23 PM
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Re: You see no issues with the defense?***
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Sep 21, 2025, 2:30 PM
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No he’s being sarcastic.
Mike the moron keeps telling everyone our one and only issue is Cade.
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Re: You see no issues with the defense?***
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Sep 21, 2025, 2:31 PM
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I’m quoting the tired line Mike tosses out that was mentioned previously.
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Youre not quoting anyone but yourself.***
Sep 21, 2025, 2:35 PM
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Gridiron Giant [15609]
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I never said that.
Sep 21, 2025, 2:35 PM
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I said he’s the most important player on the field and without him being great we will not be great.
The defense was atrocious yesterday, but if Cade hits the half dozen game changing plays he missed, it would have changed the momentum of the game.
It starts with the QB and if we don’t have one to execute the offense consistently and not miss open guys every week, then we will not succeed.
Just like every team seeking to be great, you can’t do it with a great QB.
That’s what I said. Please stop misquoting me if you feel a need to call me out. Do better my man.
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
Sep 21, 2025, 1:48 PM
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Do you think the Oklahoma game will be a night a game? I like traveling to different teams stadiums. I want to go to a Tennessee game. But I really only do night games at different teams.
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
Sep 21, 2025, 2:03 PM
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Do you think the Oklahoma game will be a night a game? I like traveling to different teams stadiums. I want to go to a Tennessee game. But I really only do night games at different teams.
I've only seen UT night games the first game or two as it is still hot. Oklahoma will be a good one to see. Tickets won't be easy to come by.
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
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Sep 21, 2025, 1:54 PM
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True friends stab you in front. Which is what Saban essentially did. He wants Dabo to be successful.
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
Sep 21, 2025, 2:07 PM
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Or maybe Dabo could quit and be like Nick. Nick wasn’t willing to change either and he quit.
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
Sep 21, 2025, 2:13 PM
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This is a jab at Nick for quitting and not Dabo. Dabo has changed quite a bit. Fired OC. Fired DC. Hired new line coach. Poured millions into NIl to keep his team in place. Everyone saying Dabo won’t change is just not factual.
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
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Sep 21, 2025, 2:23 PM
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Yes, let’s call a coach a quitter who coached for 50 years and is 73 yo and is the GOAT of college football coaching. The one who put Alabama’s needs ahead of his own. Instead of continuing to take their money and knowing he didn’t want to make the changes required, he retired to allow them to go out and get a coach who would.
Is that the quitter you are talking about?
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
Sep 21, 2025, 2:27 PM
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Quit, retired, whatever
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
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Sep 21, 2025, 2:34 PM
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At least he didn’t hold them hostage with a big buyout knowing he wasn’t going to do what was needed.
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Whats needed ?***
Sep 21, 2025, 2:36 PM
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Re: Whats needed ?***
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Sep 21, 2025, 2:40 PM
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Nailing it. SLW
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Sep 21, 2025, 2:09 PM
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“Cade just needs to play better”—-Mike4Tigers
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Sep 21, 2025, 2:16 PM
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He is at that crossroad now where he has to decide is he going to change or is he going to do like Saban and step away from the game. The choice is his because the game isn’t going to revert back for him.
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Sep 21, 2025, 2:18 PM
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Saban is right!!
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Change what?***
Sep 21, 2025, 2:30 PM
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Re: Change what?***
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Sep 21, 2025, 2:36 PM
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Dabo must change!
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Re: Change what?***
Sep 21, 2025, 3:41 PM
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Ask Saban:
"Dabo needs to look at what he needs to do in his program to be continually successful ... the game has changed -- you need to change with it"
But then again, what the heck would he know about coaching…
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Heres a short list
Sep 21, 2025, 5:44 PM
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Play players based on actual ability to be productive and not seniority (Tristan Smith vs Cole Turner).
Go out and bring in the absolute best players at positions of need through whatever means necessary in the offseason. (RB - even when OSU had Henderson, probably the 2nd best RB in the country, they went out and got Judkins, another top 5 RB in the country).
Hire coaches and analysts who have experience OUTSIDE of Clemson. Grisham, Spiller, Conn, Boulware, etc. none of these guys have coached at a major college football program.
Throw away the “Clemson Offense” Playbook. It’s tired and predictable. Our screen game is stuck in the 2010’s. People are doing way more creative things on offense than what we are doing.
Attack on defense like BV used to. Allen has too much of a “bend but don’t break” style. If you don’t get offenses behind the sticks, it’s much harder to stop them.
Stop putting the kids with a little bit of “diva” in the doghouse and let them prove it on the field. We need some swagger and neutering these kids into choir boys isn’t how you get that.
Fire your sons. It is absolutely ridiculous that he hired his two unqualified sons for positions that there’s way better candidates out there for. Let them go out and make their own way and prove that they deserve a coaching opportunity at Clemson before just being handed one.
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
Sep 21, 2025, 3:25 PM
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If I were Dabo, the next two weeks would be football boot camp, from sun up to sun down with no days off and confined to base. Drill instructors mold individuals into a team, and that is what we are lacking. This team has no fire in the belly, and Dabo needs to start one. Mold these players into a cohesive unit with a desire to win, and we will.
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So. Be like everyone else?
Sep 21, 2025, 3:47 PM
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Poach players
Overpay players in the portal
Have huge player turnover every year
Have limited retention and loyalty from players
Let graduation rates drop
I have no interest in that
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Re: Saban Says Dabo Must Change
Sep 21, 2025, 3:48 PM
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Dabo knows but refuses
What say you now Nick ?
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