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What has happened to Dabo/Clemson?

Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:38 pm
Posted by DomesticatedBoar
Fairhope, AL
Member since Jul 2019
776 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:38 pm
Dabo/Clemson Before Brent Venables
2008-11: 32–22

Dabo/Clemson With Brent Venables
2012-21: 121-17 (2 National Titles)

Dabo/Clemson After Brent Venables
2022-26: 37-18

Almost like Belichick without Brady.
Posted by Pimphand
Member since Sep 2021
6001 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:45 pm to
And NIL really took off in 2021 and he has whiffed on QB since he rode with DJ Uiagalelei

He reminds me a lot of Mack Brown in demeanor, needing a superstar QB to win, and then losing his marbles at the end.
Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
3908 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:56 pm to
Clemson has to pay Dabo $57M if they decide to fire himz

Fifty
Seven
Million

For Dabo.
Posted by Syd
Member since Sep 2012
5226 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:58 pm to
Stubbornness, losing two key corrdinators, no star QB, more stubbornness
Posted by DaleDenton
Member since Jun 2010
43826 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 9:23 pm to
His model was to recruit, stock pile talent, develop, plug and play these guys when they became upper class men.

The portal made this model obsolete/impossible.

He refused to use the portal which lead to net losses to the roster and the team seeing more underclassmen play significant snaps.

With NIL he was splitting it evenly amongst the roster, not a good model with the portal and immediate eligibility.

Because of the above no top coordinators want to sign in to that sinking ship.

The irony is Clemson only rose to mediocrity when Danny Ford paid players. They fell back to mediocrity for a couple decades after he was let go and will return back to their normal mediocre ways for refusal to buy players in the portal.
Posted by Drydock
Osage County
Member since Oct 2013
9254 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 10:50 pm to
Posted by Wellborn
Cypress, TX
Member since Oct 2014
5261 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 10:57 pm to
quote:

Clemson has to pay Dabo $57M if they decide to fire himz

Fifty
Seven
Million

For Dabo.

Pocket change.

Posted by theballguy
HSV (Dealing only in satire)
Member since Oct 2011
41855 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 11:00 pm to
quote:


Fifty
Seven
Million

For Dabo.


Love him or hate him, Dabo ain't sweating shite.
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
29987 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 11:00 pm to
. NIL and the Portal and refusal to adjust to it.
This post was edited on 9/6/26 at 11:01 pm
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