Why would Dabo change

Nov 18, 2025, 1:02 PM

Probably way off but Dabos has already reached the highest you can take a college program, twice, and won a ton of conference championships along the way. He helped put a lot of players into the NFL and has a number 1 overall pic to brag about. Only a small handful of coaches can say that have done that. He has accomplished all this by doing it his way, while also staying loyal to his friends and former players to a certain extent. Only way he is going to change is if Neff has to lay the hammer on him and tell him what he needs to do to get back to where the program was 5 years ago and I don't see that happening. Maybe we will all be shocked once the season ends and he does what all the fans and boosters want him to do. Dabo not chasing any first anymore outside of a Heisman winning player and I don't see that anywhere in the near future unless he embraces what every other winning program is currently doing.

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Not sure Neff is going to have to force Dabo to change. I want Dabo to be who he is, which is a winner with integrity! Like you said he has done a lot for our university. Yes, he has been slow to change, but I think he has learned a lot this year and already began to evolve last year by dipping into the portal for 3 guys in a year when we had most of our production coming back and the second most in the country. He hired Kelly an NFL guy to evaluate talent, so with all we are losing this year I have to believe Dabo will use Kelly to help us use the portal more. Maybe not 15-20 like many programs, but more like 5-10. He is embracing NIL, but we may not have the money that Ohio State and other large blue bloods have. Will he run off players for lack of production? No, but I like many fans and grads am fine with that. If we sign a kid and he is doing everything we ask and has bought into the program I am fine with keeping him on scholarship as long as he is working hard to make himself and our team the best.

Why would Dabo change

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