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Ultimate Tiger [35932]
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To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
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Oct 20, 2025, 2:33 PM
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by Will Swinney? Do you really believe that's your son's best path to becoming an NFL-draft day player?
Come on, be honest. No parent or agent would take this level of "coaching" seriously.
THAT, my friends, is part and parcel of the problem. This type of nepo-hire is killing our ability to bring in top level talent and it's showing on the field. That's a fact.
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Re: To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
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Oct 20, 2025, 2:43 PM
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As a mom, I would rather have my child being coached by the Swinney family than a program where players are (or should be) arrested on a regular basis.
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Ultimate Tiger [35932]
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Re: To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
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Oct 20, 2025, 2:44 PM
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We aren't Jawja or USCjr. That was never a problem previously. And yes, several players under Dabo's watch have been arrested....just saying.
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Re: To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
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Oct 20, 2025, 2:46 PM
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Well you don't have a five star kid and neither do I.
But if I did I would love for Dabo and will Sweeny to be His coach all day long.
I base this not only on the type men I know them to be and would want my son to be around but also on track record!
Championships won and players put in the NFL... Yeah I think coach Sweeny Knows what he is doing!
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Re: To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
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Oct 20, 2025, 2:48 PM
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So you'd want your son coached by Will Sweeney?!? OMG...
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Re: To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
Oct 20, 2025, 2:59 PM
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yes !
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Re: To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
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Oct 20, 2025, 3:05 PM
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Lol
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Re: To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
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Oct 20, 2025, 3:12 PM
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That's your takeaway? Swinney? LOL
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I don't think it's that simple.
Oct 20, 2025, 2:48 PM
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I do think that my primary thought would be choosing a program capable of partnering with me in making sure my 5-star son on the field grows into a 5-star man off it.
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Re: I don't think it's that simple.
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Oct 20, 2025, 2:52 PM
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Fair enough. But try to think like a kid who grew up in a very disadvantaged environment.....you might have a different take. It's not only about environment---it's also about the money. That's where college football is right now--its a business. Saban didn't want any part of it and rightly so.
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Re: I don't think it's that simple.
Oct 20, 2025, 2:59 PM
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Racist argument is old and tired!
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Re: I don't think it's that simple.
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Oct 20, 2025, 3:03 PM
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What in the world is racist about what he said??? You’re as soft as this team/coaching staff is..not a surprise you defend them so much
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Re: I don't think it's that simple.
Oct 20, 2025, 3:03 PM
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How is it racist to say that someone who grew up poor may want to make money playing sports? Isn't that what America is all about---living the "American Dream" ?
Come on, do better!!
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Being swayed by money is not unique to those who don't have it.
Oct 20, 2025, 3:02 PM
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Besides, it's an insult to the kids to assume they're all about the dough. Many are not and won't ever be. And college football has been a business since Fordham played on TV for the first time in 1939.
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Re: I don't think it's that simple.
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Oct 20, 2025, 2:52 PM
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Sorry, as a father it was my responsibility to raise my son to be a great man, not some over paid coach
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National Champion [7261]
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I said "partnering with me" not "taking sole responsibility for"
Oct 20, 2025, 3:03 PM
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Re: I don't think it's that simple.
Oct 20, 2025, 4:47 PM
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I think the deal is the 99% of these boys coming out of highschool dream of being in the pro's. 100% of the five stars are confident they will be in the pro's (even if that might not be true) and their parents want that too regardless of your stated goal of making a 5-star man. So in the end if I had a 5 star son I would be looking for the best place to coach him up so his dream of being in the pro's comes true with the addition of not being a negative influence as a person that I as his parent could not counteract. In the end what kind of man he becomes is not on some football coach...that is lame parenting at its worst.
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I'd let me kids choose where to go .
Oct 20, 2025, 2:52 PM
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I'd be ok if they decided to go with dabo..
I would "hint" that Andrew Aurich or Timmy Chang would be good choices.
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Re: I'd let me kids choose where to go .
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Oct 20, 2025, 2:56 PM
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If it was my son's lifelong dream to play in the NFL, I'd advise him to look elsewhere. But that's just me.
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It's been awhile.. but the last time I saw the stat
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Oct 20, 2025, 3:04 PM
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Something like 95% of 5star recruits ended up in the nfl so it didn't matter what team they were on.
Like 90% of 4stars.
Huge drop off with 3 stars.
The question you should probably ask is if your kid is a 3 star with nfl dreams.
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Re: It's been awhile.. but the last time I saw the stat
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Oct 20, 2025, 3:08 PM
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OK. Look at Peter Woods' draft stock and tell me he isn't losing $$.
Case closed.
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You asked about nfl dreams.. not draft pick
Oct 20, 2025, 3:16 PM
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Or nfl income.
Verdict has been overuled on appeal.
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Re: You asked about nfl dreams.. not draft pick
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Oct 20, 2025, 4:12 PM
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You can split hairs all you want. The fact remains, his draft stock has fallen. He may be a 3rd round pick if he's lucky.....but he was a consensus pre-season 1st round pick. So my point is valid. Overruled on appeal.
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Re: I hear you Ridgeland Booster, BUT SI has Peter Woods as a top 5 pick
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Oct 20, 2025, 4:24 PM
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It must be a horrific year for pro prospects if Peter Woods is in the top 5.
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Re: To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
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Oct 20, 2025, 2:57 PM
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THE ISSUE IS:
Throwing out the hypothetical.....most 5 stars aren't choosing us.
Nothing hurts culture more than losing unnecessarily. We aren't losing b/c of what some other coach and program is doing to us. Entirely self-inflicted. It can get fixed....but statistics (facts) tell you that its very difficult in this line of work to get it turned around. Didn't have to be this way. Here's hoping we can get it fixed. Very concerned about next year....
Keep doing the same thing when it doesn't work in reality, will ALWAYS leave you disappointed.
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Re: To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
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Oct 20, 2025, 2:59 PM
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Not defending the hiring of Will, but Dabo's been the coach for almost two decades and you still can't spell his last name?
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Re: To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
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Oct 20, 2025, 3:00 PM
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Re: To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
Oct 20, 2025, 3:40 PM
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I want my son to play for Dabo.
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Re: To those defending Dabo's "method", would you want your 5 star son being coached
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Oct 20, 2025, 4:13 PM
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That wasn't the question.....whatever.
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