Why would any school pay Dabo’s buyout to get a guy who had an obvious career peak and then has consistently gotten worse despite playing in a weak conference and having been given everything he asked for from Clemson? His history on the transfer portal and paying players should be huge indicators that he isn’t built for this era of college football and, if he won’t change for the people who gave him everything, then why would this new school wager their money and immediate future on him?

If you want to make the argument that Dabo has won 2 championships in the pre-NIL era and that teams want “history” then why wouldn’t someone in that market hire Urban Meyer? He’s sitting at home with three National Championships, he took three different programs to a National Championship (UF, OSU) or undefeated season (2004 Utah) so building a winner once wasn’t luck and he never won less than 8 games in ANY season ANYWHERE as a college head coach. If you’re not going to bet on an up-and-comer then Urban is a way better option than Dabo and Urban has no buyout.

If an AD stills wants a guy that has proven he can only win a championship with a generational quarterback then Gene Chizik, Ed Orgeron, Jimbo Fisher and Mack Brown are also sitting around waiting for a call and will cost you less than Dabo’s buyout. I’m sure an AD like that will ignore the fact that all those guys were fired from the their last job and that Dabo is having just the kind of season that got them canned.

Who’s looking at Dabo’s dysfunctional mess and wants to throw their increasingly tightening budget at that rather than invest it in their roster?

I don’t see his threats of “I’ll go somewhere else” as anything but delusional and with a state governor now starting to call out the bad decisions of an AD (LSU) enforcing real repercussions it appears those bad decisions aren’t something a coach like Dabo can count on anymore. He might get a shot at a lower-tier school but I don’t think his ego is ready for that.