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Rock Defender [51]
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We need to trust Dabo
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:06 PM
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For those that do not know football from a standpoint other than wins or losses. We do not need to be jumping ship on this man. If I've see one thing that stands true, Dabo is loyal and he will get us back to the top of the mountain. In today's college football landscape, we are all learning what it takes. Maybe a couple of knee-jerk hires on the offensive and defensive side, but I guarantee, if we run him off, he is gonna do for someone else what he has done for us. He is a Tiger. Let him coach. He will figure this out. Be loyal to him. He has been to us. I get it. Money. I totally understand. So does he. This coaching Carousel is out of control. I honestly from a coach standpoint don't understand why we have had such a bad year, but I'd have to say, the players have to own this. The negativity does nothing but hurt our program. Let's rally, be Clemson, be strong, be faithful, love our guys, and show people why we are just better, even when we don't win. Go Tigers!
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:10 PM
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He has been trusted for four years now. Things have gotten worse over those four years.
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:12 PM
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It may be coincidence but it seems to roughly align with portal and NIL. So I'm all for letting him fix it but do not see a willingness to adaprt to the current landscape. I hope I am wrong
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Orange Blooded [2290]
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I think this is where most of us are...& want him to be the fixer..***
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Oct 27, 2025, 11:05 PM
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Rock Defender [51]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:18 PM
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I understand, but i still believe, he will get us back. I've been through the Hatfeild, West and Bowden years, and we have been worse. Yes, we have been better, but that was under Dabo. He will figure it out.
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Head Coach [911]
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:38 PM
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We were better under Bowden than the current situation and the tsunami on the horizon.
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Orange Beast [6420]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 9:41 PM
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Pulling for CDS…but statistically from a historical perspectiv, the odds are against it. But CDS has overcome a lot in life…if anyone can do it he can.
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Game Changer [1700]
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:42 PM
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Why does people on this board say four years?
Maybe we have been down from the standard that Dabo built in late teens but we have been a decent program until this year. We
Went to the playoffs over last four years and won ACC championships multiple times over last four years. A lot of programs would kill to have the success we’ve had over last four years.
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Campus Hero [13771]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
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Oct 27, 2025, 8:09 PM
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They say 4 years because they have short memories. They forgot that we went to the CFP last year. They are probably the same ones who said we “backed into it”.
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Hall of Famer [8793]
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Oct 27, 2025, 10:03 PM
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Lol we did back into it. Fran Brown got us into the playoffs because Syracuse beat Miami. Nothing Clemson did.
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Clemson Sports Icon [54046]
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Yes, we made the playoffs but it was an expanded playoff
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Oct 27, 2025, 10:37 PM
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and we only made it because we got an auto bid for winning our weak conference.
We were not one of the 12 best teams, and it showed in our playoff game.
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Paw Warrior [5046]
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Re: Yes, we made the playoffs but it was an expanded playoff
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Oct 28, 2025, 11:06 AM
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Cool.
Now do basketball.
####### piece of ####.
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Rival Killer [2863]
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What good team did we beat last year?
Oct 27, 2025, 10:39 PM
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Oh that’s right, none.
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Game Changer [1728]
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Re: What good team did we beat last year?
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Oct 28, 2025, 8:48 AM
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SMU
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success vs the crappy ACC means nothing....what do they do against.......
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Oct 27, 2025, 8:14 PM
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OOC P4 teams?
1-8 vs OOC P4 teams that finish w/ 8 or more wins since 2021.
that's bad.
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Oct 27, 2025, 10:18 PM
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I you really want to point to a time when it started it was the year after the loss to LSU and Joe Burrow.
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Asst Coach [859]
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Oct 28, 2025, 11:21 AM
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Because a decline doesn’t always happen all at once. This year isn’t some shocking anomaly when we’ve watched the program slowly degrade over the past 4 years.
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Game Changer [1644]
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:53 PM
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growl, we’ve been trusting him longer than 4yrs. Not sure when you signed on to be a Tiger fan but it’s been worse than this in my long past of following them. Hang in there bro, I do believe it will get much better. Just like the economy, there has to be an adjustment here and there. Go Tigers!
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Rock Defender [51]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 8:02 PM
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Walk over been a Clemson Tiger fan since my first game in 1981 chap
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Rock Defender [51]
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Oct 27, 2025, 8:04 PM
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Auto type stinks. First game correction, 1980 vs NCState in sleet and snow. Most fun I had as a kid. Been bleeding orange since.
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Game Changer [1644]
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:54 PM
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growl, we’ve been trusting him longer than 4yrs. Not sure when you signed on to be a Tiger fan but it’s been worse than this in my long past of following them. Hang in there bro, I do believe it will get much better. Just like the economy, there has to be an adjustment here and there. Go Tigers!
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Game Changer [1644]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 7:55 PM
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Sorry for double post
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Hall of Famer [8793]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 7:14 PM
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We’ve been trusting the process for four freaking years.
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Clemson Icon [25432]
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:48 PM
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During those 4 years we won 10 or more games and played in the CFP’s last year.
I would bet that if we push Dabo out the door it may be years before we recover from this move. Clemson fans showed a lack of class with the way we treated Ken Hatfield. He never had a chance to succeed because fans helped to sabotage his recruiting efforts.
The negative energy within the fan base right now IMO is partly responsible for 2 recommitments from Dabo’s 2026 class. 2 talented recruits with a lot of potential.
I read the first page of Tigernet’s football board and most of the post were negative post about Dabo or who should be Dabo’s replacement.
These recruits read social media sites. I believe some of the post are from trolls with the intent of having a negative impact on our recruiting.
This is why fans need to stop attacking Dabo every day. It only hurts Clemson’s program long term. For some you may just have to find out because I think my post challenging fans to remain “All In” are less popular than the negative post directed at Dabo, his ability to coach, negative comments about his staff and players. A lot of fans across college football refuse to realize it until it’s to late.
Google Sesrch about how fans can hurt recruiting !
https://www.google.com/search?q=does+negative+comments+and+post+on+social+media+hurt+a+college+programs+recruiting&sca_esv=3aa6d84c464b4bf8&source=hp&ei=AQMAacj_AoTBp84PyLyEkAU&oq=Does+negative
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Orange Blooded [2553]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 8:31 PM
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Hang on now. Hatfield never helped himself while he was here. He ate breakfast at Clemson House quite often in 1990 when I had a dorm room there. I would do nothing more than walk by his table and say good morning on occasion and he would look at me like I was an alien and never say anything. Not saying he owed me anything but just a simple good morning certainly helps students and fans get behind you. I never got that feeling from him. More like he didn't want to leave Arkansas
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Hall of Famer [8793]
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Oct 27, 2025, 8:51 PM
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I’m not saying to fire Dabo. I want him to stay but he has made some really bad decisions over the past few years. From hiring many former players and friends and family as position coaches(no room or time for on the job training at this level), openly criticizing the portal and paying players, so that other programs can use that against you, refusing to use the portal until last season(and still only doing it on a very limited basis), and gaslighting fans who question him. Not to mention, no one knows what the heck is going on with play calling decisions, so everyone is confused and scratching their heads about is it Riley, Dabo???
Neff and the BOT need to have a sit down with Dabo and place limits, and make difficult decisions, and put goals in place to, at the very least, make Clemson Football competitive. We have been getting embarrassed at home this season. Inexcusable. For the amount of money Dabo and his people are paid, along with what fans have to pay to attend football games, there is no excuse to let him have continuous free range like he does now.
BTW fans have nothing to do with any player de-committing. These recruits have eyes and ears and other programs in their ears offering them more money, and telling them Clemson Football is a has been and stuck in the past.
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Clemson Sports Icon [54046]
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And if we DONT get rid of Dabo, it might be years before we recover.***
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Paw Warrior [5046]
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Re: And if we DONT get rid of Dabo, it might be years before we recover.***
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Oct 28, 2025, 11:05 AM
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Human piece of #### alert...
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Orange Beast [6420]
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Oct 27, 2025, 10:53 PM
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Problem isn’t in the fan base………
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Asst Coach [859]
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Oct 28, 2025, 11:26 AM
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I have to ask then, if the past four years were so great, how did this year happen?
What’s your theory on that?
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Rock Defender [51]
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:55 PM
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Yes we had high expectations this year and I'm as disappointed as anyone, but I'd bet you as well as I did never thought he would take us to the heights he did. There will come a time that if we don't win a natty or play for it that we will have no choice but to move forward. We are spoiled by our success. We have a man that knows what it takes. No one can win every year. Ask Nick Saban, Dabo beat him twice and Nick is the greatest
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Freshman [5]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 7:25 PM
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So how long do we give him?
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Orange Blooded [2457]
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Oct 27, 2025, 8:24 PM
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That’s the $64 question
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Head Coach [911]
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:41 PM
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So where is your line? Are you rife or die to the end? When do you say maybe he’s not willing to conform to modern football. Including calling kids like the ones at LSU right now. That’s modern football. Jump in or cut his salary.
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Rock Defender [51]
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:49 PM
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My line? I don't have a line. If we regress next year I'd say we need to have a sit down. But I'd rather us not be in a spot like Florida looking for something better. I don't wanna owe one that was great to have to pay another even more to prove themselves and wing up owing more. He will get it back. It's in his character
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National Champion [7152]
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For God sakes man PROOF READ before posting!!!***
Oct 27, 2025, 9:39 PM
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Head Coach [976]
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Oct 27, 2025, 9:23 PM
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Contact players "from LSU"?...Don't think Clemson or any school can contact a player who is NOT committed to the TP!
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Head Coach [911]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 9:25 PM
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Keep telling yourself that.
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National Champion [7152]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 7:45 PM
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That you, Catherine?
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Rock Defender [51]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 7:46 PM
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Haha no, I'm surprised she hasn't told him we are ungrateful
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National Champion [7477]
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Oct 27, 2025, 7:47 PM
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“Clemson fans: ‘He’ll figure it out.’
Reality: 5 years, no portal, same playbook, same slogans, same results. Dabo’s loyal all right, loyal to his own echo chamber. Meanwhile FSU, Bama, and UGA are pulling starters from the portal like it’s DoorDash. Blind faith isn’t culture, it’s denial.”
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Rock Defender [51]
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Oct 27, 2025, 8:01 PM
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You have a legit arguement. And you are half right, FSU, Bama, and UGA all are struggling also. Not like we have of course but still. It takes money. We have generous donors, but not like Ohio State, Georgia, Texas, Oregon. Dabo knows this. We will lose the bid for players
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Rival Killer [2901]
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Bama and UGA are indeed struggling
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Oct 27, 2025, 8:34 PM
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They are only ranked 4 and 5 in the country this week. Not 1 and 2. Swing lowwww, sweet chariot….. FSU is a dumpster fire.
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Top TigerNet [28411]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
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Oct 27, 2025, 8:05 PM
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Trust but verify. He will get his chance to fix it but it will require a grand departure from the way he has been doing things.
I too hope he rally’s to the cause…
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Oct 27, 2025, 8:08 PM
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Your competition wants you to keep him. What's that tell you?
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Orange Beast [6476]
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Oct 27, 2025, 8:10 PM
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That a 25 year old would have no knowledge of Tennessee being relevant on the national stage
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 8:11 PM
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That tells me the competition is stupid …….. but it just verifies what I already knew.
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Starter [299]
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Oct 27, 2025, 8:32 PM
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When we went through a 5 year losing streak to the coots they wanted us to keep him. Seems like that worked out well for us…
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Game Changer [1644]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 9:02 PM
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TeenVol, coots used to say that too. Took 7 straight from them.
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 9:28 PM
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A cornered tiger fights the hardest. If he is motivated I’d say “be careful what you wish for.”
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Oct 27, 2025, 9:56 PM
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Vol… you’re a condescending prick… but on this one… you’re 1000% right.
Posts like these… is just blind faith bc of what he’s accomplished. It’s no different than when Dabo reminds us of past accomplishments.
Then his worshippers just parrot what they’ve heard him say.
He will never win another national championship. He will never make the playoff again. He will never win another ACC title or even play for it. He’s done cooked and finished.
It’s going to be a swift ride right to the bottom of the ACC unless he were to drastically change overnight and that ain’t going to happen bc these people’s savior has an ego the size of the state of Texas and will never admit he was wrong.
That’s half the problem and these followers don’t get that. We must believe in Dabo… why?
Think about this… Kirby/Day/Lanning/ and even Saban realized the portal is a must use literally 5 years ago and Dabo just this past year finally used it to take 3 guys and only 1 of which really plays.
Seriously think about that. Does that not show you how big Dabos ego really is? He truly thought he was smarter than literally everyone else in this business. He thought he knew better than every single other HC in America except the military schools and the only reason they don’t use it is bc it takes like a recommendation from Congress or something like that.
If that doesn’t show you what really goes on in his head then nothing will and these blind homers would literally follow him if he walked off a cliff and say… well Dabo did it and I trust Dabo so it must be ok.
All these other programs figured it out a half decade ago. The portal is just part of it. You have to lead with NIL in recruiting now. Notice how we’re not getting in with the top guys anymore? Notice how our 4 stars are now lower 4s and closer to 3s than they are 5s like it used to be?
We just flipped a LB from Northwestern yall. Let me say that again for those in the back… Northwestern… and we have people here saying trust him trust him.
It’s over and it’s sad it’s going to take another 2/3 years for the followers to finally come around and by then this program will be in shambles and it will not be an overnight fix even with the portal and our pool of real candidates to choose from will not be great bc everyone will understand that the expectations are still really high while having next to nothing to work with. That’s going to limit the pool of coaches that truly want the job and that’s how we end up like Nebraska or Tennessee as a lot of people here point out.
If we did it now or next year we still have some shine on the paw and would attract a great candidate. 2/3 years from now after a couple .500 or worse seasons… the pool is not going to be great and we’ll have to hope to get really lucky again and the likelihood of striking lightning in a bottle twice a not very high.
But sure… you go head and trust Dabo… I’ll trust my eyes bc you can see what’s coming from a mile away. The talent level is draining with each passing year.
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 10:08 PM
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Just curious, but how old are you?
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Rock Defender [51]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 28, 2025, 8:32 AM
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If that is for me. I am 51 years old.
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 27, 2025, 8:56 PM
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Et tu Will Swinney?
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Orange Beast [6542]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
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Oct 27, 2025, 11:15 PM
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No same Clemson fan is claiming Dabo needs to be fired. At least not that I know. I don't think Clemson fans are trying to run Dabo off either (nameless internet "fans" don't count btw, especially TNET). But, not to worry because Dabo is not going to get hired by another University, and I don't think he's going to win championships anywhere else unless he changes his entire approach to roster management, and staffing.
That being said, the product on the field has been trending in the wrong direction for 4 years, and has disintegrated this season in year #5.
If Dabo knew how to fix it he would have done it before now. He needs help. Likely outside help. Some of that help will require new coaching blood, from outside of Clemson. Sometimes negativity is a product of unrealized expectations. This season Clemson (coaches and fans) expected success and championships. The exact opposite has transpired. People have a right to question if Dabo has lost his fast-ball. I know I have, and I want his to fix it. Not some other coach.
He owns this team. He recruited it, hired the coaches, and managed the roster in his unique way all while getting pretty much a blank check to do things his way by the powers-that-be at Clemson.
Let's not be mean-spirited and defamatory towards Dabo. But, by all means let's not pretend Dabo inherited this mess from someone else.
This is his team, and it's not going to get cleaned up by operating his program like he has for the past 5 seasons.
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Paw Warrior [5046]
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 28, 2025, 11:03 AM
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I am confident he can fix things, but it would help quite a bit if he explains what happened.
A couple of weeks ago, he was still blowing smoke up everyone's ### about how things are fine.
Things obviously aren't fine.
It's not losing. It's the incompetent play.
and since this lack of accountability has been happening since DJ people are a lot less tolerant.
Let's just have him explain how this team that he thought would go undefeated ended up being so bad on both offense and defense.
If he was saying "We missed on some guys" or "Development of some players is taking longer than expected" no one would be complaining.
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Re: We need to trust Dabo
Oct 28, 2025, 11:30 AM
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Why so he can act like a fool and blame the fans for him not doing his job ? He hasn’t shown he knows what do do , he didn’t even realize how bad this team needed talent prior to the season . The one thing he has shown is a lack of coaching acumen.
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