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Dabo and nepotism......
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Dabo and nepotism......

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Sep 5, 2024, 6:44 AM
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A lot of talk here on Dabo and hiring his family and buddies. One more I had no clue on......did you know that our Director of Recruiting is no other than.......President Clements freaking son?

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Sep 5, 2024, 7:00 AM
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Milk that cash cow as long as you can. I guess if you put the president's son on a teat, your family and friend's teats are safe.

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also glad everyone is actually now doing research

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Sep 5, 2024, 7:06 AM
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we didn't just cry nepotism for no reason

it literally insane how much inbreeding is going on with the program

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Sadly, many people were fine giving Dabo carte blanche

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Sep 5, 2024, 9:33 PM
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to do whatever he wanted.

“He has earned the right to hire whoever he wants to!”

How is that working out? LOL

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"All those 'Fire Brownell' guys can kiss it." -Joseph Girard III

"Everybody needs to know that Coach Brownell is arguably the best coach to come through Clemson." -PJ Hall


It is working great. Wish basketball could emulate it***


Sep 6, 2024, 10:44 AM
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Re: also glad everyone is actually now doing research


Sep 6, 2024, 10:31 AM [ in reply to also glad everyone is actually now doing research ]
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Go look at all the other blue blood programs it's the same way. Ohio St, Michigan, Alabama....they all hire from within, former players, friends, family in supporting roles....it's just the way it is and has been.

It's not just a Dabo thing....

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Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, etc. have way more experienced coaches

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Sep 6, 2024, 11:06 AM
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than we do.

Look at their resumes. Some of them have coordinators who were NFL coaches, coordinators elsewhere, etc. Their position coaches tend to have prior coaching experience before being hired there.

Dabo hires unqualified assistants way more than most other programs do, and that's the main reason why we have seen our player development suffer and our results suffer.

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Re: Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, etc. have way more experienced coaches


Sep 6, 2024, 11:17 AM
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I didn't speak to the qualifications of those hired. I only said hiring within aka Nepotism is a common practice across major football programs.

The OP title is Dabo and nepotism...that's what I responded too.

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Re: Dabo and nepotism......

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Sep 5, 2024, 7:07 AM
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Yes
Do you know what the duties of the job are and whether the Clements kid would or would not be qualified to do them?

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Sep 5, 2024, 8:17 AM
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Who cares. It's just not a good look. Especially since the President wields so much power over the Athletic Dept. Of a public tax supported institution.

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Sep 5, 2024, 9:13 AM
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I guess he has an inside track to get ole Jim to come by when recruits are in town. 🤷‍♂️

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Re: Dabo and nepotism......


Sep 5, 2024, 7:38 PM
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According to state payroll, he makes $157,000 annually

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Sep 5, 2024, 9:12 PM
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What is the relationship to Tracy Swinney and what is his job?

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Sep 5, 2024, 9:38 PM
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Tracy is Dabo’s brother. He’s director of football security.

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Sep 5, 2024, 10:31 PM
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Any idea what the Director of Security does on a daily basis and how much that position pays.

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Sep 5, 2024, 10:46 PM
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Not sure about the pay but here is an article about him from 2017.

https://theclemsoninsider.com/2017/06/19/tracy-swinney-makes-sure-his-little-brother-stays-safe/

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Sep 6, 2024, 7:51 AM [ in reply to Re: Dabo and nepotism...... ]
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Holy crap what’s next? He’s gonna hire his dog as the official guard dog of Clemson?

Nepotism is a bad deal, I watched it destroy two companies, when my father was an investor in and another that I worked for. The hiring of buddies and family members took those businesses down.

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Sep 5, 2024, 10:19 PM [ in reply to Re: Dabo and nepotism...... ]
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Tracy hangs out at the bars around Clemson and Seneca, not an overly bright dude. Would be flipping burgers if brother dabo hadn’t hooked him up with his high paying clemson gig.

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I assume that goes a pretty long way in Pickens Co.


Sep 5, 2024, 9:20 PM [ in reply to Re: Dabo and nepotism...... ]
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In your early to mid 20’s

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Re: I assume that goes a pretty long way in Pickens Co.


Sep 5, 2024, 10:33 PM
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He’s probably around 30, but still sounds like a pretty good gig.

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President Clemens has family members in the apartment/housing business


Sep 5, 2024, 10:33 PM
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around the area. I think we can deduce some of his motivation for rapidly expanding Clemson's enrollment

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Sep 5, 2024, 11:44 PM
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Google "South Carolina Nepotism Law" and see what AI pulls up. You're Welcome.

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Interesting


Sep 5, 2024, 11:59 PM
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Nepotism (favoritism based on kinship) is strictly forbidden by the [Ethics Reform Act]. Over the course of your public employment you may not:

- Cause the employment, appointment, promotion or transfer of a family member to a position you supervise or manage.


https://ethics.sc.gov/sites/ethics/files/Documents/Brochures/EMPLOYEEBROCHUREFINAL.March2020.pdf

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when does nepotism turn to incest


Sep 6, 2024, 7:25 AM
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getting throttled by top SEC teams - Orange Bowl and Aflac Kickoff Game

not scoring passing TDs in last theres SEC games


nepotism is a compliment at this point

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He's not in charge of recruiting that's Jordan Sorrels who's been the guy for a

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Sep 6, 2024, 7:38 AM
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While. They "promoted" Sorrels to general manager which is the new title all of the head recruiting guys have now in the NIL era. Clements is basically a glorified event planner helping with on campus events like the cookout. They changed his title to director when Sorrels was promoted.

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An event planner making $158k a year that happens to be the President's Son?


Sep 6, 2024, 8:52 AM
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You're not helping Dabo's case.

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Im not trying to help anyones case, the OP made it sound like the guy is in

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Sep 6, 2024, 9:22 AM
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Charge of our recruiting efforts; he is not. He’s been on staff 9 years and started out as an intern; is there no length of time where he can prove that he deserves his position or is he forever tainted because of his last name?

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If he's just an "Event Planner" then no absolutely he has not earned 158k***


Sep 6, 2024, 9:35 AM
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So your problem is with the salary of the position not the person in the


Sep 6, 2024, 10:38 AM
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Position. When someone starts as an intern he/she should have the right to pay their dues and work their way up irrespective of who their parents are.

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I agree


Sep 6, 2024, 10:45 AM
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and it seems to me this guy got paid generously to be a "glorified event planner" (if what you say is true) likely because his name is Clements.

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I dont agree, this seems like activities any school would need and


Sep 6, 2024, 11:10 AM
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the job does not exist simply to hire him. He coordinates the on campus activities during visits; we would need to hire someone to do this job even if Clements had no children. I agree the salary is exhorbitant, but how much does Bama, Jawja, 0310 state pay the same role at in their program. It’s a symptom of the total bloat in all of college athletics not a particular indictment on Dabo’s program. When you’re bringing in $100M a year in revenue, don’t have to pay the athletes, and aren’t allowed to retain any profits since you are technically a non-profit entity; then you can spread the wealth by overpaying admin roles. It’ll be interesting to see what happens with positions like these when they have to start paying the players from univerity revenues.

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For example Christina Harris director of recruiting administration at Jawja


Sep 6, 2024, 11:23 AM
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makes $157,500/year. I don’t know if she’s related to anyone at Jawja but that sounds like the same job and it’s a big salary

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Re: Dabo and nepotism......

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Sep 6, 2024, 9:00 AM
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Based on that information. Dabo isn't going to change and he definitely isn't going anywhere. I don't want to see the best coach in Clemson history fired, but he definitely needs to adapt to the ever changing college football landscape.

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Sep 6, 2024, 9:34 AM
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We're screwed, plain and simple. Dabo doesn't even approach a mediocre Xs and Os coach and now we know his hires for the most part aren't either. I think Riley has the potential to be a good OC if Dabo would quit meddling.

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Sep 6, 2024, 10:33 AM
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WTH !!!!!???

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