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Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys
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Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys

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Dec 30, 2024, 1:37 AM
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Dabo loves Todd Bates and Always has
Todd Bates is literally been Brent’s Shawdow for a decade…bates fits the culture, knows the program, recruits well, can run the same defense with the same philosophy as BV.

It’s the match made in heaven


So how yall feel about the new DC TODD BATES

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Re: Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys

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Dec 30, 2024, 2:29 AM
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Nah

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Re: Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:46 AM
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Re: Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys

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Dec 30, 2024, 2:49 AM
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I think he has learned his lesson on friends and family. I’m expecting a seasoned coach with DC experience.

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dang. I was expecting the next post to be from some coot with a 37% pulse.

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Dec 30, 2024, 3:41 AM
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You ruined the progression.

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Re: dang. I was expecting the next post to be from some coot with a 37% pulse.


Dec 30, 2024, 11:22 AM
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Sorry, I will try and do better going forward ;)

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Re: Todd Bates Is Cool.... But I'm Not Quite Seeing That Happening***

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Dec 30, 2024, 3:45 AM
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Re: Todd Bates Is Cool.... But I'm Not Quite Seeing That Happening***

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Dec 30, 2024, 6:46 AM
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hope not new blood is needed

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Re: Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys

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Dec 30, 2024, 7:03 AM
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Absolutely will not happens. Sometimes I feel like some of yall just want to throw out names to be different. He wasn’t a great DLine coach which is why Dabo didn’t fight to keep him.

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I'll post it again........is he a top 3-4 DC in the country

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Dec 30, 2024, 7:14 AM
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if the answer is NO then I'm not sure why Dabo would bother. We once had the TOP paid coordinator in the country who was also the top DC in the country. With the FUNDS at Dabo's disposal we "should" be getting at least a top 5 DC in the country.

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Was Venables the top DC in the country when he was hired?

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Dec 30, 2024, 7:20 AM
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You guys got your minds so twisted you can't remember that BV was just demoted to co-dc when Dabo plucked him up. It was Dabo at Clemson which attracted all those 1st round draft picks. Had it been BV he wouldn't have been sharing the position. He could have named his price at Oklahoma and probably been promoted to HC there.

Nothing in the man's life boosted his resume' like his tenure with Dabo at Clemson.

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to anyone with a CFB brain they KNEW he was a top 5 DC hire.

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Dec 30, 2024, 7:27 AM
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don't care what Stoops did to him at OU..........he was a top 5 DC in a conference that had cutting edge high scoring offenses throughout the league.

so yes.........he was one of the best Dabo could've hired at the time.........just like Riley.

unlike Streeter & Goodwin who were BOTCHED HIRES!!

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people with CFB brains get paid for that knowledge. They are NOT on tnet

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:37 AM
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giving it out for free.




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Re: to anyone with a CFB brain they KNEW he was a top 5 DC hire.

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:51 AM [ in reply to to anyone with a CFB brain they KNEW he was a top 5 DC hire. ]
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No. And if you believe that you do not have a football brain.

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Re: Was Venables the top DC in the country when he was hired?

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:02 AM [ in reply to Was Venables the top DC in the country when he was hired? ]
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Demoted because he was bringing in his brother, but believe what you want to.He was one of the best, if not the best in the country.Had Brent been at Alabama, LSU or Georgia, you can bet your a## he would’ve been regarded as the best.

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Re: Was Venables the top DC in the country when he was hired?

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:52 AM
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Thank you, Captain Hindsight. He was not regarded as one of the top DCs because he was at Oklahoma and Big12 defenses were struggling badly at that time.

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Re: Was Venables the top DC in the country when he was hired?

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Dec 30, 2024, 11:29 AM
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Hmmm... not sure about that statement. This was his last season at OK before coming to Clemson.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/732651-college-football-2011-nations-20-best-assistant-coaches

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Re: Was Venables the top DC in the country when he was hired?


Dec 30, 2024, 4:11 PM
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That’s one dudes opinion. Follow the trend line:

https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/stat/opponent-points-per-game?date=2012-01-10

His last season with Stoops as co-DC, they were the 5th best defense in the country. They were 62nd in 2008. His tenure was more Wes Goodwin than what we now think of Brent Venables. Like Chad Morris, it was seen as an outside the box hire and was, at best, highly debated amongst our fanbase.

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there is always some1 out there who will have a top something or another

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:36 AM [ in reply to Was Venables the top DC in the country when he was hired? ]
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and it will be different from some1 else's top something or another.


after DV was hired Dabo said in his press conference that the people HE reached out to for advice told Dabo that BV was the guy to get.

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Re: I'll post it again........is he a top 3-4 DC in the country

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:45 AM [ in reply to I'll post it again........is he a top 3-4 DC in the country ]
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If your point is that we have the money to hire top rate talent, then I agree with you. However the top 5 DCs (whoever they may be) are almost certainly happily employed and very nicely compensated.

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Re: I'll post it again........is he a top 3-4 DC in the country

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Dec 30, 2024, 9:10 AM [ in reply to I'll post it again........is he a top 3-4 DC in the country ]
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BV's salary as DC at Clemson still rates as one of the highest paid DC's in the country. That money should still be available if needed for a TOP DC hire at Clemson!!!

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Re: I'll post it again........is he a top 3-4 DC in the country

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Dec 30, 2024, 11:08 AM
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If Clemson can't come up with it, I am sure some of the offensive players could chip in some to get a complimentary team.

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Great. Another pro-nepotism advocate.

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Dec 30, 2024, 7:54 AM
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Don’t you have a former college buddy you should be interviewing, or something?

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Re: Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys

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Dec 30, 2024, 7:56 AM
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Doubt it. He bailed pretty quickly to follow Veneables.

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Re: Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:06 AM
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Just wait one more year Oklahoma is gonna fire coach Venables and then bring him back home

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Re: Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:10 AM
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NO, he couldn’t recruit period!

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Re: Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:18 AM
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IMHO we need a a defense like the Marines that took Tarawa and a coach like Chesty Puller.

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Doesnt Goodwin have to be fired first?***

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:27 AM
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Re: Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:31 AM
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I’m just looking for someone to run a top level defense.
Go Tigers!!!

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Re: Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys

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Dec 30, 2024, 8:49 AM
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Not a chance.

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Dec 30, 2024, 9:06 AM
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Yes, and maybe he could write some sad poems about our defense under Wes Goodwin;)

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Re: Todd Bates is the next DC at Clemson guys

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Dec 30, 2024, 11:06 AM
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Bates has never called a defensive set in his entire coaching career. He may be good at poetry, but he is unproven as a DC. We need experience.

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Dec 30, 2024, 11:14 AM
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No more "In House " guys at DC. Please no. Get a guy outside of the box who has Power 5 defensive experience. Get somenoe from Oregon, Ohio State or or from the SEC. No more "soft" tacklers and moronic defensive schemes. Goodwin will screw up Okla. like he did Clemson on defense.

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Dec 30, 2024, 3:01 PM
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lol that will never happen.

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Dec 30, 2024, 3:03 PM
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Meh.

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Dec 30, 2024, 4:13 PM
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I think it will be Jim leavitt, not 100% though

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