re: "Swinney's record-setting contract includes an Alabama clause in case the Crimson Tide ...

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Look forward to people crowing after Dabo-led Bama team gets crushed in a game right after he trash talks the opponent.

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Him saying Ohio State didn't belong wasn't trash talking. It was an opinion.

I happen to agree with it.

If they had beaten Bama, I still would agree with it.

They didn't belong there after 6 games.

I actually give him props for saying what the believes.

Oh, a Dabo to Bama thread.

I've never seen one of these before. It's soooooooo hot.

I'm more of a Sisko fan (Deep Space Nine).

I think one thing to watch going forward is the signal stealing story. Now that it's more well known that Clemson is accused of it they have lost their two most recent playoff games, by pretty decent margins. Will be interesting to see if that trend continues.

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I don't give a shite how "goofy" he is. He recruits elite players and wins with them, and he's better at that than every coach in football except Saban.

I don't think he'd ever leave Clemson, but you'd have to be pretty fricking stupid to call anyone else first.

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I am not a Dabo fan by any means, don't care for his aw shucks persona, his record is padded by playing in a vastly inferior conference, and he still manages to shite the bed at least once a year.

But yeah, if we could get him at that point you would be foolish to go another direction because I don't see anyone else on the horizon who could potentially fill Saban's shoes. I don't think Dabo would be intimidated by the challenge. He recruits at a high level, appears to run a generally clean program, and is a proven winner. He would defiently take program down the road a ways and we would have continued to success and probably win a couple of more titles with him at the helm. i mean at least we know what we are getting with Dabo.

I humbly submit that Dabo has been so successful BECAUSE he is at Clemson. Dabo has profited tremendously from the fall of FSU and Miami from the ranks of contenders. Remember, he couldn’t beat FSU when the Noles were competitive.

Dabo can recruit with anyone. It is his strength and he’s among the very best at it. With the vacuum of competition in the ACC, he is raking in the talent and is light years ahead of the rest of the league in blue chippers. Yet he still shits the bed at least once a year against vastly inferior competition. The same posters that are begging for Dabo to follow Saban laugh at Ryan Day for losing a game in the B1G because of the talent gap. News flash, the B1G is much better than the ACC from top to bottom. Dabo had equal if not better talent than Day had this year but Day outcoached him and won. So why should we be so impressed with Dabo?
Dabo has one of the best coaching records in the country outside our own. I respect what he’s accomplished at Clemson. But it’s been a pretty easy path for him to take and still he’s had hiccups along the way. If he took over in Tuscaloosa, the talent gap will not be so wide as it is in Clemson and he would not go 12-0 or 11-1 every year. In short, he would be a bad fit in Tuscaloosa. We could do worse for sure. But I think we can do as well or better when the time comes. And if Dabo is smart, it might just be a moot point then too.

Everyone said Saban would never take the job. Mal should have just believed them I guess.

As for Dabo, don't throw out up and comers and names nobody has heard of, and then veto Dabo.
This is not Basketball.

We have a chance to hire a proven top coach. If Dabo can recruit like he does at Clemson, imagine what he could do at Bama.

But some of you people have resigned yourself to the fact that there will be a major decline. So I guess you want to insure it by bringing in an unproven head coach.

As for Dabo, shitting the bed, I've watched him in the playoffs every year and that's all I need to see.

Clemson would definitely be the most feared --- only feared --- opponent Bama has faced in recent years. That says something.

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I humbly submit that Dabo has been so successful BECAUSE he is at Clemson.

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Nonsense.

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Dabo has profited tremendously from the fall of FSU and Miami from the ranks of contenders. Remember, he couldn’t beat FSU when the Noles were competitive.

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1. Miami hasn't been a contender in 20 years and isn't going to be again. Do we hold it against Saban that Tennessee hasn't been worth a shite in about the same amount of time and Florida hasn't been really strong since Tebow?

2. When FSU was at its post-Bowden best under Jimbo, Dabo was still making a name for himself and gaining experience. The guy started at midseason in 2008 as a 38 year old interim HC who had never even been a coordinator before.

3. Maybe Dabo helped cause the decline of his ACC rivals. Ever think of that?

Dabo had no experience, no track record whatsoever to sell recruits, and no program prestige to naturally bring in talent - and yet he's gone on to win two national titles and play for two more. To think what he has done is anything short of amazing is frickin' stupid.

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et he still shits the bed at least once a year against vastly inferior competition.

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Saban tends to lay an egg each year too.

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But it’s been a pretty easy path for him to take

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Oh yeah. Taking over a medicore team at midseason when you don't even know if you're going to have a job at the end of the season is such an easy way to begin your path to national titles.

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If he took over in Tuscaloosa, the talent gap will not be so wide as it is in Clemson and he would not go 12-0 or 11-1 every year.

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I believe he would keep the program rolling quite well and win multiple national titles if he started at Bama tomorrow. He would get better players at Bama than he does at Clemson.

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In short, he would be a bad fit in Tuscaloosa.

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The only fit he would have to worry about at Bama is for his national championship rings.