TNET: Stats & Storylines: Clemson defense overwhelms Boston College

I'm going to disagree from a standpoint of leaving Clemson. Neither Elliot or Venables left because the grass was greener. They left for good head coaching positions. Both waited until the right job came along, and then left to try the next step in coaching. Maybe neither will succeed as a head coach, but it is still too early to tell. Even if they fail, they still gave it their best shot, and you can't succeed at something that you never try.

As for the players, I'm not saying that they left in the best manner, but like the coaches, they left in order to give themselves an opportunity to succeed. None of the ones mentioned, nor most of the others that leave were going to get a chance barring injury. Being too far down the depth chart at Clemson does not mean that they are not good enough to make an impact at other programs. The way that a few players have left, might signal some flaws in their life that might carry over to football and impact their play when they move on. However, just the fact that they look for an opportunity to play elsewhere does not weigh negatively in my mind.

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I'm not sure it's fair to say any coach left feeling...

Oct 11, 2022, 7:16 AM

'The grass is greener,' elsewhere. Jeff, Tony and Brent are all high caliper men who entered coaching with intent on becoming head coaches. Dabo is practical and knows, from his own life goals that there comes a time to move on and take that next step in life. Had they not been driven to progress and move up in the world Dabo wouldn't have hired them.

I've always believed that Dabo had a hand in each of them taking the jobs they took. I can't imagine them not having talked to Dabo about when to move and where to move to. Imo, a great part of their decisions to move had to do with Dabo being comfortable with their replacements.

I can see a great distance between Dabo and each of those men but that's not isolated to just Brent, Tony and Jeff. There's a lot of distance between Dabo and every other coach in the world too, imo.

If there is a mistake made by those three coaches it's probably to do with Jeff. He may have moved to the wrong school. I expect Tony and Brent to succeed enough to satisfy their job requirements but both have goals to make their new teams their own and that's going to take some time. It always does and it probably always will.;

KB is a baby who let his ego wag the dog. Imo, Dabo advised the other players to leave.