Quotables from Dabo's call-in show on corners, coaches, etc.

Sep 26, 2022, 9:05 PM

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney hit on a number of subjects in tonight's call-in show ahead of a primetime showdown with No. 10 NC State Saturday in Death Valley, including the health of his defensive backs this weekend and what he saw out of them:

"Hopefully we'll get some of those guys out (back). (Andrew) Mukuba, Sheridan (Jones) and Malcolm (Greene). Three older guys who were out. We definitely had a baptism on some guys -- also just playing our technique. Playing the call that's called. Understanding the fundamentals and not peeking in the backfield. Eyes on the right things -- there's just a lot of things that we just did really poorly in the third quarter. Definitely have a lot of work to do this week to get ready for another really, really good team - the best team that we've seen to this point coming in here."

"I love our guys (at corner). They dang sure can't get no worse. We're going to get better -- we're 4-0 and we've got nowhere near our best football on tape so we keep grinding and working and hopefully this is the weekend -- we don't have to play perfect but we've got to play well. This is a really good football team. We can't make the type of mistakes that we made. 120 yards in penalties, the fact that we won that game is a miracle, but we had no turnovers. They just found a way. I think that's a great quality..."

"I told Coach Clawson after the game that if they threw another deep ball on my corners, I was never going to speak to him again. Holy cow."

Part of where he talked about hiring from within: "I've always gone with my instincts and what I believe to be right. At the end of the day and I'm not successful, I can look in the mirror and I don't have anybody to blame but myself. I won't fail because I did something someone else wanted me to do. That's the No. 1 way to fail is one person wants this and another person wants that. At the end of the day, you have to have conviction and I hired Chad Morris who had coached college football for eight months but he was who we needed. And then when I hired Tony (Elliott) in '14, Tony called all the plays in those years and when I promoted he and Jeff, Tony had never called a play in his life...That's why I am convicted in how I go about things.

"Again, I will always promote from within if it's feasible...We haven't had a lot of coaching changes, but I'm loyal to the people who are loyal to me. I don't worry about -- I know there are always comments and narratives on things like that, but I could care less about any of that stuff. At the end of the day, if we're not successful -- I can look in the mirror and I can't have anyone to blame but myself. Man, I lead and make decisions based on my faith and based on my instincts and that's what got me here."

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Quotables from Dabo's call-in show on corners, coaches, etc.

That's about as honest as he can be...

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That's how a man does it.

Re: Quotables from Dabo's call-in show on corners, coaches, etc.

He don't have to hope, he just does his job .while telling

You look like you’re trying to hold in a fart or either you

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