Re: Dabo is a CO, Not and X and O

InletTiger15® · 2025-08-31T15:04:26.267Z

It’s critical that he’s surrounded with a Chad Morris and a Brent Venables, they need to be able to have a say in their respective position coaches, and Dabo can give the motivational speeches, be the mentor and the face of Clemson. This hiring ex players and giving them a shot, hiring your sons as coaches, failure to use the portal will not win championships. We’ve got what it takes to win the ACC every other year or so, but we’re not serious contenders for the playoffs anymore and will get a reputation of getting there to be an easy blowout for whomever we draw. I’m afraid that’s our fate and I’ve accepted it, I just hope this doesn’t go on so long the brand is forever tarnished to the point we can’t get another coach to come in who will take championships serious. I loved Tommy Bowden, he turned the program around and when the time came for change Dabo took it to the next level. Soon we are staring another change in the face and I can only hope we keep moving forward and upward and not slide back to a mess!

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Aug 31, 2025, 11:24 AM

Tommy Bowden was great if you enjoyed settling for FGs. Problem is that the other team was scoring TDs and our FGs could not keep up with that.

You can't argue against the fact that Dabo is the greatest coach Clemson has ever had. Look at the results. I don't care what title you want to give him or if you want to say he isn't this or isn't that. The results don't lie. I will however vent my frustration that he's a stubborn person stuck in his own reality oftentimes determined to avoid admitting he was wrong. That's one of his biggest sins IMHO....PRIDE. He often comes around WAY LATE without admitting anything. I think the frustration is his slow realization that he needs to swallow his pride and make change. I supposed the BEST IS YET TO COME is referring to something years out from now. I'm sure he's doing his best to mold young boys into fine and outstanding men. That's great and a cherry on top but that's not what he was hired primarily to do.

I agree with your point about the nepotism of Dabo Swinney. In that regard, he's in the driver's seat. Don't like it then I'm sure he'd get mad and say "bye". It's his PRIDE again getting in the way expectations that the football team perform better on the field. He's probably gone soon enough anyone when his last son's graduates from Clemson. Maybe he'll stick around a little longer so said third son can get some "coaching" experience under his belt at Clemson.

He needs to find out why Riley doesn't seem to have what it takes for the OL to perform and why the receivers can't get separation in addition to Riley's lack of offensive innovation. It sure looks like Riley is just a clone of Streeter. The two things in common with Riley and Streeter are that Dabo is their boss. Maybe Dabo needs to look into a mirror to identify the problem.

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The air raid offense struggles against better defenses. Always has since its inception. It’s an absolute requirement to develop a running game to complement the passing game, and I’m tired of Riley saying “we abandoned the run too soon”. The running game does nothing against better teams and it allows teams like LSU to tee off on the passing game.

That and the inconsistency of Cade Klubnick, which was my personal biggest concern coming into the season, has reared its ugly head right out of the gate. Having a solid running game that DEMANDS respect would help him, but his accuracy, demeanor, and coolness under pressure haven’t seemed to have changed much over the years.

It was one game, but I’m concerned Cade may have peaked and this is what he is. He’s had one good game against an elite team, Texas, who was the 3rd ranked defense in the country, but he looked nothing like that in any other games against the better competition. Again, part of that is the soft air raid offense that undervalues a complementary running game.

And Riley is Riley, an air raid disciple who apparently never learned that teams who run it have never accomplished anything on the biggest stages. Without a running game that demands respect, you get teams that have the talent to make the air raid look silly. Attack it and punish it - just like LSU did. I’m concerned Riley is just picking plays and doesn’t seem to understand the importance of adjusting, for example not running things on the edge to slow the LSU rush. Just kept calling the same plays - usually requiring too much time to develop and Cade is not very good under pressure. Sorry, that’s just my impression based on seeing him since his sophomore season.

Dabo is a CO, Not and X and O