Re: Odds on DaBO winning his 2nd Natty b/4 retiring @ 55 for AD Job?

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Jun 11, 2017, 1:01 PM [ in reply to Re: Odds on DaBO winning his 2nd Natty b/4 retiring @ 55 for AD Job? ]

When I was a student, I always thought that Clemson University was better than what we were perceived by some. I believed Clemson U had a lot to offer student willing to work hard. Now we have the president and the leadership that can point us in that direction.

As a sports fan, I never bought into the idea that Clemson should only be a "football school" because I always thought we could be great at other things too.

Make fun about the chickens "wimmens" national titles, but I would like to see Clemson women's basketball win a national title.

Certainly I would like to see Clemson rowing win a national title even though I am not a fan of rowing, but I don't see that happening any time soon.

Certainly I would love to see our soon-to-be softball program win a national title. I can tell you that many of the crazy alabama football fans are now crazy alabama softball fans too.

The point is that Clemson fans should not be satisfied with just one area in our school or athletic program.

And also let's not get complacent too. The fans of louisville basketball are now fans of louisville baseball and louisville football and louisville softball. Their athletic program is more well-rounded that ours is. I would even say that the chickens' are taking the same approach to have a well-rounded program as they've won more national titles in recent years than they've won the first 100 years of existence.

Make a joke if you want.

It pains me to be watching other programs playing right now, and we're already on vacation. That means our baseball program did not go very far this season...again.

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Winning a national championship is like a jigsaw puzzle. All of the pieces have to fit together and it requires important elements outside of our control which must fall in place. It's what the other teams do as well as what we do. Just imagine what would have happened if the NC State kicker had made that field goal in the closing seconds. We can look back and see a lot of "what ifs", and it's not limited to just our program.

As long as we remain consistent in recruiting and developing that talent, we will be in the hunt for the championship every year. Facility upgrades are a boost for our program for attracting top talent but it requires a coach like Dabo and his assistants to seal the deal. Character is just as important, or, perhaps, even more so, than athletic ability, because lack of character can be a cancer that destroys the heart of an otherwise excellent program. We appear to have in place the facilities, coaching staff, administrative support and fan support to maintain our success at a level that should lead to one or more nation championships. Dabo's positive embracing his "The best is yet to come" theme is not just a wish, it's a goal and a statement of dedication.

Odds on DaBO winning his 2nd Natty b/4 retiring @ 55 for AD Job?

I'd say 20% chance we have one in the next 3 years.

Re: I'd say 20% chance we have one in the next 3 years.

I got a td for giving us a ### good chance of a title in 3 yrs?***

Soywalker, I think your 20% is spot on, if not a bit generous.

Re: I'd say 20% chance we have one in the next 3 years.

So what would you say? Again, we'll have the talent, but schedule

T.L.***