Re: UGA's recruiting haul has unfortunately overshadowed Clem's

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Dec 21, 2017, 9:36 AM

I disagree with you because UGA should be getting top recruits because of their long history of winning. Sure we have 2 National Championship’s to their 1 in 1980. But we have really just come on strong in the last 15 years. I know many will say Tommy Bowden had no hand in Clemson’s current success, but I will have to disagree with that too.

Tommy did not have the financial resources that Dabo has been fortunate have. But IMO Dabo has those resources because of TB. I am not saying Tommy could have been a better HC with equal resources but he would have been more successful than he was. Dabo is unique and he has great vision for the future. We could have hired many of the names of names people threw out for the next HC but without the outset changes I don’t believe we would have changed very much.

TB also recognized Great Coaching and Recruiting talent when he hired Brad Scott and Dabo Sweeney as well as a couple of others. But lacking the financial resources to hire much better coaches like BV and Chad Morris, I think he did the best he could with what he had to work with. TB also helped bring Clemson out of the dark years where there is plenty of blame to go around, fans included.

What Tommy did was start a culture change and lay down a solid foundation leaving the next HC with the ability to move forward. When he left he recommended Dabo to replace him as the HC. I think he saw in Dabo greatness, energy, confidence, and a HC who could and has taken Clemson to greatness.

Without the hire of TB IMO we would be on our 3rd HC looking for our 4th. Tommy forced the administration’s hand by making them realize it was necessary to invest more money into the football program of they wanted the results expected while TB was at Clemson. Dabo with Big Dreams and now more money to work with has lead us to Elite status. If we had just parted ways with TB, hired another Big name HC I believe Clemson would be having those 8 and 9 win seasons with an occasional ACC title. But with the administration onboard and more money to work with Clemson could now compete with Bama, FSU, LSU ,OSU, Texas, Auburn and school s like Penn State that were willing to put $$$$ into their football programs.

I myself am grateful for Tommy Bowden’s time at Clemson. Besides DF and Dabo I think he did a lot of good things for Clemson University and helped change Clemson for the better. Many fans are not willing to give him his due for the success he had at Clemson with his hands tied. He was as still is a great Ambassador for Clemson. Once a Tiger always a Tiger!

Instead of fans throwing him under the bus they should appreciate what he accomplished with the resources at his disposal. And because of TB we now have Dabo and Co. Coaches who are well paid and have earned what they are paid. We now have multi year contracts for assistant coaches instead of year to year contracts. We don’t have many coaches leave where as before many Clemson assistant coaches could go elsewhere and make much more money. And now we have some of if not the best football facilities in college football. We have new building projects going on that benefit not only student athletes but the general student population. Some of the ideas were TB’s, but I give Dabo the credit for getting things done.

Clemson is on the National Map now instead of the SE regional map because of coaches like DF, TB and Dabo. Everybody now know’s where Clemson University is. We represent the best of the ACC and we have set new standards at Clemson by which many other program are trying to emulate.

I am so proud to be a part of Tiger Nation and so proud that one of my kids is a 2015 Graduate, IPTAY member and crazy about Clemson. She truly bleeds Orange.

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First Dinardo left LSU with a lot of young talent so I would not call 2 down years a dumpster fire. And Saban had several 8 win seasons at LSU by those standards TB should be placed up there with Saban. At Alabama Saban did not immediately set the world on Fire. In 2010 he lost to SC.

Saban has been fortunate to go to programs with a lot of successful history. Alabama is the easiest school to reset its football program.

And you have to include his dumpster fire he left for the Maimi Dolphins to deal with.

I have to disagree with you 123. Saban could not have duplicated what Dabo has at done at Clemson. By saying he could is like throwing you drink in Dabo’s Face. I am not sure DF could have accomplished everything that Dabo has during his time as Clemson’s HC.

Now SC is a dumpster fire even at 8-4!

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UGA's recruiting haul has unfortunately overshadowed Clem's