All the Dabo hate and criticism is just crazy talk

The guy is a great coach, he resurrected this program from the ashes, and he’s won 2 freaking national championships.

I have faith that he’s going to get things corrected. We are in much better shape compared to the first time he had to correct course. It may not be in the time frame we all want in the age of instant results.

Last year was a bust. DJ stunk and our backup QB was so bad he couldn’t crack the 3 deep at GaTech.

I’ll be the first to admit that things have been off the last 2 years and trending in the wrong direction. I do think he has more than earned the right to take a few risks and make a few mistakes.

I believe Cade has the capability to be another generational talent and I believe that Dabo is going to pick up a couple of quality WR’s the portal and he is going to find a way to get some competent leadership on the offensive side of the ball. (aka Streeter is going to get reassigned or marginalized)

Just isn’t going to happen mid-season like we might want it too. He’s going to do it smartly, methodically and compassionately. As it should be…

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Re: All the Dabo hate and criticism is just crazy talk

Nov 27, 2022, 3:37 PM

Good assessment.

Dabo has earned the right to continue to lean on his program's core principles of fewer recruitment offers, not taking kids from the portal, hiring from within the program when feasible, playing upperclassmen over freshmen WHEN they deserve it (how they practice, how their mental fortitude is, how they perform on the field on game day), and all while running a squeaky clean program that graduates its players with degrees from a great school and, by all accounts, is indeed molding young kids into young men that want to serve others, with and without their football platform, which is something to be applauded and is happening in fewer and fewer programs these days. That is always something to be proud of.

That being said, he is really at a crossroads. These next two games and offseason are crucial to the next 2-3 years of Clemson football. I take the data as it comes to me and analyze it as I see it, and by all accounts, Clemson needs a complete gutting on offense and return to the drawing board, including replacing an OC with blood from OUTSIDE the program (unless that person were Jeff Scott), switching QBs for the other 5 star player on Clemson's roster and playing him early and often, firing and replacing the WR position coach and re-implementing the technique and want-to that our WRs used to play with. He NEEDS to do that or he seriously will start to break the trust that he has built with the fan base. Dabo has made good decision after good decision regarding our program from 2008-2020, in my opinion, but now CFB is changing, and I'm not so sure his model will hold the test of time.

Of course, what do I know. I'm not at practices. But I do know that I will continue to support this program through even the rougher times.

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